Sandford Fleming and Standardized Time (Time Zones)

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Records relating to the creation of Standardized time zones in Canada.
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    Letter to the president of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, on the subject of standard time for the United States of America, Canada and Mexico / by Sandford Fleming, chairman Spec...
    Item ID number:
    1007528784
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  2. No digital object

    Map illustrating the proposed system of Standard Time as reported to the General and Southern Railway Time Conventions by W.F. Allen, Secretary, at their meetings held on April 11th and 18th 1883, and...
    Item ID number:
    4156923
    Reference:
    Local class no.: S/1200/1883, Box number: 2000946638
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  3. Time lord : Sir Sandford Fleming and the creation of standard time / Clark Blaise.

    Time lord : Sir Sandford Fleming and the creation of standard time / Clark Blaise.
    Item ID number:
    44619487
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  4. Map illustrating the Proposed System of Standard Time as reported to the General and Southern Railway Time Convention by W.F. Allen, Secretary... [cartographic material]
    1 digital object(s)

    Map illustrating the Proposed System of Standard Time as reported to the General and Southern Railway Time Convention by W.F. Allen, Secretary... [cartographic material]
    Item ID number:
    4150692
    Reference:
    Local class no.: V3/1000/1883, Box number: 2000230752
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
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    3 digital object(s)

    Board of Trade, St. John [Saint John], New Brunswick - No date petition for adoption Standard Time in public offices St. John, New Brunswick
    Item ID number:
    160894
    Reference:
    RG2, Privy Council Office, Series A-1-a. For Order in Council see volume 690, -3638 Access Code 90
    Found in:
    Archives / Orders-in-Council
  6. No digital object

    Standard time - Secy [Secretary of] State, 1882/04/26, No. 3217, transmits pamphlets to Mr. John Bryant - Secy [Secretary] American Association of Civil Engineers
    Item ID number:
    20758
    Reference:
    RG2, Privy Council Office, Series A-1-a. For Order in Council see volume 5123, Access Code 90
    Found in:
    Archives / Orders-in-Council
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    Buffalo convention : report / Standard Time Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers.
    Item ID number:
    1007707576
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  8. Standard time : replies to questions submitted by Special Committee American Society Civil Engineers, 1882.

    Standard time : replies to questions submitted by Special Committee American Society Civil Engineers, 1882.
    Item ID number:
    317689638
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  9. No digital object

    Standard time for the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. Special attention to the subject referred to in the accompanying documents is respectfully requested by the American society of civil...
    Item ID number:
    29052461
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  10. No digital object

    SANDFORD FLEMMING. STANDARD TIME. ENCLOSES CERTAIN CIRCULARS AND ASKS THAT REPLIES BE SENT
    Item ID number:
    1471414
    Reference:
    RG15-D-II-1, Volume number: 276, Microfilm reel number: T-12542, File number: 43901
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  11. No digital object

    Standard time : report of Special Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers, at the Washington convention.
    Item ID number:
    1007538851
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  12. The record snapshot at the date of saving
  13. Canada Gazette, 1867-1946 (Dominion of Canada), vol. 17, no. 38, Regular Issue, March 22, 1884
    36 digital object(s)

    Canada Gazette, vol. 17, no. 38, Regular Issue, March 22, 1884
    Item ID number:
    2753
    Found in:
    Library / Canada Gazette, 1841 to 1997
  14. No digital object

    Standard time : replies to questions submitted by Special Committee [of the] American Society Civil Engineers, 1882.
    Item ID number:
    1007588478
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  15. Letter to the president of the America Society [sic] for the Advancement of Science : on the subject of standard time for the United States of America, Canada and Mexico / by Sandford Fleming.

    Letter to the president of the America Society [sic] for the Advancement of Science : on the subject of standard time for the United States of America, Canada and Mexico / by Sandford Fleming.
    Item ID number:
    317861397
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  16. No digital object

    Documents on time reform / issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
    Item ID number:
    1007329603
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  17. Tenders for freighting material : tenders will be received at every office of this service up to noon (standard time) of Sept. 14th, for the delivery of thirty-five (35) tons, more or less, of wire and insulators along the route of the new telegraph line between Edmonton and Saddle Lake ...

    Tenders for freighting material : tenders will be received at every office of this service up to noon (standard time) of Sept. 14th, for the delivery of thirty-five (35) tons, more or less, of wire an...
    Item ID number:
    1007346089
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  18. Documents in reference to the general adoption of the twenty-four hour notation of the rail-ways of America [microforme].

    Documents in reference to the general adoption of the twenty-four hour notation of the rail-ways of America [microforme].
    Item ID number:
    833486816
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  19. Image of the back cover of "A treatise on time and its notation: for the use of schools in the Dominion of Canada"; from Vol. 3 of "TIme Reckoning, 1886-1896."
    4 digital object(s)

    Published material [textual record]
    Item ID number:
    107739
    Reference:
    R7666-71-9-E, MG29-B1
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  20. An Act respecting the Reckoning of Time, p. 1. MG 29 B 1, v. 102, file 32.
    8 digital object(s)

    Memoranda and notes [textual record]
    Item ID number:
    107738
    Reference:
    R7666-70-7-E, MG29-B1
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  21. No digital object

    The adoption of a prime meridian to be common to all nations : the establishment of standard meridians for the regulation of time, read before the International Geographical Congress at Venice, Septem...
    Item ID number:
    13116805
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  22. No digital object

    Documents in reference to the general adoption of the twenty-four hour notation on the railways of America / submitted at the annaul meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Janua...
    Item ID number:
    41616673
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  23. No digital object

    New Official Railroad Map of United States and Canada. Engraved and printed by Rand, McNally & Co. Chicago. [cartographic material]
    Item ID number:
    4156918
    Reference:
    Local class no.: S/1200/1883, Box number: 2000946638
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  24. No digital object

    Miscellaneous records [textual record]
    Item ID number:
    4920431
    Reference:
    R7666-41-0-E, MG29-B1
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  25. No digital object

    General correspondence of Sandford Fleming [textual record]
    Item ID number:
    107730
    Reference:
    R7666-63-X-E, MG29-B1
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
  26. No digital object

    Kosmic time : 24 o'clock system destined to come into general use for the following reasons.
    Item ID number:
    1007704383
    Found in:
    Library / National Library Collections
  27. No digital object

    Letterbooks [textual record]
    Item ID number:
    107732
    Reference:
    R7666-64-1-E, MG29-B1
    Found in:
    Archives / Collections and Fonds
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