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 | Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time (Reprint Edition) by Clark Blaise Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-375-72752-3 / 0375727523 ISBN-13: 978-0-375-72752-8 / 9780375727528 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 | |