See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• SANDFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1294)

SANDFORD See also:

• FLEMING, PAUL (1609-1640)
• FLEMING, RICHARD (d. 1431)
• SIR SANDFORD FLEMING (1827- )
• FLEMING, SIR THOMAS (1S44-1613)

FLEMING (1827- )  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian engineer and publicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi)

Kirkcaldy, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1827, but emigrated to See also:

• CANADA

Canada in 1845 . See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of See also:

• WORK

work and thoroughness in detail brought him to the front, and he was from 1867 to r88o See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief engineer of the Dominion See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . Under his See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control was constructed the Inter-colonial railway, and much of the Canadian Pacific . After his retirement in 188o he devoted himself to the study of Canadian and Imperial problems, such as the unification of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time reckoning throughout the See also:

• WORLD

world, and the construction of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state-owned See also:

• SYSTEM

system of telegraphs throughout the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . After years of labour he saw the first See also:

• LINK

link forged in the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain, in the opening in 1902 of the Pacific See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

Cable between Canada and See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia . Though not a party See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man he strongly advocated Federation in 1864–1867, and in 1891 vehemently attacked the Liberal policy of unrestricted See also:

• RECIPROCITY (Lat. reciprocus, returning back the same way, alternating, probably from re back and pro forward)

reciprocity with the See also:

• UNITED

United States . He took the deepest See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and in 188o became See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's University, See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston . He published The Intercolonial: a See also:

• HISTORY

History (See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal and See also:

• LONDON

London, 1876) ; See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and Canada (London, 1884) ; and numerous brochures and See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine articles on scientific, social and See also:

• POLITICAL

political subjects .