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Show CLOCKS RUN FASTER IN jNIGHT THAN DAY BERKELEY. Cul . Jan, 21. Clock run faster at night than In the duy-tlme, duy-tlme, according to a discovery Just announced by Dr. R 11. Tucker, an astronomer at Lick Observatory, which Is conducted near San Jose, Cal., by the University of California hero . If Dr. Tucker's discovery is confirmed, con-firmed, then, his friends say, daylight saving has boon in operation but unknown un-known ever since Popo Sylvester 11 ' threw away his hour gluss and invented invent-ed the clock in 900. However, tho time saved has not been very great. An elaborate observing program was carried out at the observatory to tejtt Dr. Tucker's theory, according to YV W Campbell, director of the institution in-stitution Although the program has not been completed. Dr. Campbell . t i . 1 recently, tho results thus far confirm earlier conclusions that the clocks do run faster at night. The program included observations of threo standard clocks nnd embraced a list of stars whoso position ; arc already al-ready known with high precision. Each night's observations extended from 'J p m to 3 a. m. "Tho ultimate cause of. the phenomenon phenom-enon is obscure." Dr. Campbell said. 'In the observations by fundamental methods, where dependent is placed upon tho constancy of the clock ratf through the ZA hours of the day. more I or loss, these errors would reach their maximum values of between 0.02 an,l ' o 03 seconds at about six hours from the moan epoch of tho observations." j oo |