The Pacific Cable: Letter From Mr. Sandford Fleming to the Minister of Trade and Commerce, Ex-President of the Colonial Conference, 1884

by Sir Sandford Fleming, Sir MacKenzie Bowell, Alexander Siemens

Book Overview

A letter from Sandford Fleming, the inventor of standard time and a prominent Canadian engineer, to the Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, regarding the construction of a trans-Pacific telegraph cable. This document sheds light on an important moment in Canadian and global communication history.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1022248405
• ISBN13: 9781022248403
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Legare Street Press
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"