Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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Drummond ' s political correspondence during his tenure of office in Ireland ,
which was carried on with some of the most important political personages of the
time , I have not had at my disposal . His home correspondence , so far as it has ...
Drummond ' s political correspondence during his tenure of office in Ireland ,
which was carried on with some of the most important political personages of the
time , I have not had at my disposal . His home correspondence , so far as it has ...
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You know well that nothing can be done in Geometry if you do not carry light ,
evidence , and precision , along with you ; and that , though your progress should
even be slow in this sure path , you will , in fact , advance much faster than when
...
You know well that nothing can be done in Geometry if you do not carry light ,
evidence , and precision , along with you ; and that , though your progress should
even be slow in this sure path , you will , in fact , advance much faster than when
...
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by them are filled in by a system of smaller triangles , so as to carry the survey to
any degree of minuteness that may be required . It will have been seen , in
regard to the first set of operations , that the chief requisite in measuring
baselines is ...
by them are filled in by a system of smaller triangles , so as to carry the survey to
any degree of minuteness that may be required . It will have been seen , in
regard to the first set of operations , that the chief requisite in measuring
baselines is ...
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The French had by this time carried a series of triangles from Paris to Calais , and
what they proposed was that the English should carry a similar series from
Greenwich to Dover , when the two might be connected by observations from
both ...
The French had by this time carried a series of triangles from Paris to Calais , and
what they proposed was that the English should carry a similar series from
Greenwich to Dover , when the two might be connected by observations from
both ...
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... however , was as carefully measured as with the instruments it could be ,
everything being done to prevent or allow for instrumental errors : its length ,
reduced to the level of the sea , was about 6th miles . A chain of triangles was
then carried ...
... however , was as carefully measured as with the instruments it could be ,
everything being done to prevent or allow for instrumental errors : its length ,
reduced to the level of the sea , was about 6th miles . A chain of triangles was
then carried ...
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| Title | Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
| Author | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Publisher | Edmonston and Douglas, 1867 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 23 Jul 2010 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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