Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time
Drawing on Fleming's vast archive of letters, diaries and reports, Clark Blaise in this book tells t...
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Drawing on Fleming's vast archive of letters, diaries and reports, Clark Blaise in this book tells the story of the creation of a single time standard for the world. In 1878 Fleming's idea was rejected as too trivial for discussion by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, but six years later, after a campaign that took Fleming to every international meeting of astronomers and geographers, he had forged an influential network of engineers, railroad men and astronomers that proved irresistable. World standard time became a reality in 1884 at a diplomatic and scientific conference in Washington, D.C., called by the President of the United State.
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