Whenever exact time was required for any purpose, terrestrial time, assuming it to be in general use, would be available.
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Terrestrial time
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2 entriestime unitunit of time
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Sanford Fleming, director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, insisted on the necessary introduction of a uniform time for the whole world: terrestrial time. Whereas Dowd's national system only encompassed North American railroads, Fleming's terrestrial time extended around the world and was called cosmopolitan time (Bartky 2007).
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