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correspondence , so far as it has been preserved , was placed in my hands by his
sister , by whom also the facts of his early life have been supplied . To my friend
Mr Robert Cox I have to express my obligations for valuable assistance in ...
correspondence , so far as it has been preserved , was placed in my hands by his
sister , by whom also the facts of his early life have been supplied . To my friend
Mr Robert Cox I have to express my obligations for valuable assistance in ...
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... greatest enjoyment in the day was a walk with our mother , I getting her one
hand and Tommy the other . The rest of us were all fond of gardening
amusements . As for Tommy , his pleasures lay in carpentering and mechanical
contrivances .
... greatest enjoyment in the day was a walk with our mother , I getting her one
hand and Tommy the other . The rest of us were all fond of gardening
amusements . As for Tommy , his pleasures lay in carpentering and mechanical
contrivances .
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... immediately on landing from the packet which had brought him from Scotland ,
alone , and with his letter of summons in his hand , he presented himself at the
barracks , the porter rebuffed him with the chilling information , “ You are too late .
... immediately on landing from the packet which had brought him from Scotland ,
alone , and with his letter of summons in his hand , he presented himself at the
barracks , the porter rebuffed him with the chilling information , “ You are too late .
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... all hands were immersed in the water , and the man who had caused the
accident , being on his feet , was thrown from the pier and drowned . Mr
Drummond and the other man clung to the pier , and Mr Drummond afterwards
described his ...
... all hands were immersed in the water , and the man who had caused the
accident , being on his feet , was thrown from the pier and drowned . Mr
Drummond and the other man clung to the pier , and Mr Drummond afterwards
described his ...
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A sufficiently distinct notion has now , it is hoped , been conveyed of the sort of
operations in which the Ordnance Survey engineers were engaged -- the
measuring of base lines on the one hand , and the work of triangulation on the
other .
A sufficiently distinct notion has now , it is hoped , been conveyed of the sort of
operations in which the Ordnance Survey engineers were engaged -- the
measuring of base lines on the one hand , and the work of triangulation on the
other .
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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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