Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time - Paperback
by Clark Blaise
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375727528ISBN-10:375727523UPC:9780375727528Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Modern, HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.01 x 5.19 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCK84HG2TB
Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time
It is difficult today to imagine life before standard time was established in 1884. In the middle of the nineteenth century, for example, there were 144 official time zones in North America alone. The confusion that ensued, especially among the burgeoning railroad companies, was an hourly comedy of errors that ultimately threatened to impede progress. The creation of standard time, with its two...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375727528ISBN-10:375727523UPC:9780375727528Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, Modern, HistoryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.01 x 5.19 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.4409Product ID:SCK84HG2TB
Clark Blaise, former head of the Iowa Writer's Program, lives in San Francisco.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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