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ESTABLISHED in 1849 at Toronto, then Upper Canada, through the energy and activity of a rising young engineer, Mr. (now Sir) Sandford Fleming, as secretary, the “Canadian Institute” was incorporated by Royal Charter on November 4, 1851, and the title “Royal” has recently been conferred upon it. From the first this institute discussed questions and published memoirs of world-wide interest, under the able guidance of men of the type of Sir Sandford Fleming, Kivus Tully, Sir William E. Logan, E. Billings, Henry Youle Hind, Thomas Ridout, J. C. Browne, and others.
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AMI, H. The Royal Canadian Institute . Nature 93, 440 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093440a0
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