Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 60
Page 7
... increasing . But before it came , there had been enough of frugality and carefulness in the household ; and in the recollection of his early home we may see a source of the great tenderness with which BIRTH , PARENTAGE , AND EARLY ...
... increasing . But before it came , there had been enough of frugality and carefulness in the household ; and in the recollection of his early home we may see a source of the great tenderness with which BIRTH , PARENTAGE , AND EARLY ...
Page 27
... increases . By this time he has repeatedly visited the Harts at Brixton , and been most kindly entertained . They are obviously great friends of the family ; press him to spend his vacation with them ; and then , that being declined ...
... increases . By this time he has repeatedly visited the Harts at Brixton , and been most kindly entertained . They are obviously great friends of the family ; press him to spend his vacation with them ; and then , that being declined ...
Page 35
... increased stimulus to his exertions , and may perhaps be considered the foundation - stone of his future scientific fame . After leaving the academy , he still continued his intercourse with his mathematical masters , with whom he ...
... increased stimulus to his exertions , and may perhaps be considered the foundation - stone of his future scientific fame . After leaving the academy , he still continued his intercourse with his mathematical masters , with whom he ...
Page 48
... increase with the number of times that the measure must be applied to the base to go over its length ; and that if the measure expands with heat and contracts with cold , or expands with moisture and contracts with dryness , like a rod ...
... increase with the number of times that the measure must be applied to the base to go over its length ; and that if the measure expands with heat and contracts with cold , or expands with moisture and contracts with dryness , like a rod ...
Page 50
... increase in magnitude , the means of making distant points steadily and distinctly visible are next in practical importance to the excel- lence of the instruments for measuring angles . It will be seen hereafter that Mr Drummond made ...
... increase in magnitude , the means of making distant points steadily and distinctly visible are next in practical importance to the excel- lence of the instruments for measuring angles . It will be seen hereafter that Mr Drummond made ...
Other editions - View all
Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R. E. , F. R. A. S. , Under Secretary to the Lord ... John Ferguson McLennan No preview available - 2020 |
Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R. E., F. R. A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord ... John F. M'lennan No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
Administration apparatus appears appointed Argand Argand burner Argand lamp bars became Bill boroughs Captain Catholics chief Colby Colonel Commissioners common considerable constables constabulary course Crown direction districts Drum Drummond light Dublin duties Edinburgh effect engaged England English Excellency experiments favour force Government heliostat honour House improvement inquiry interest Ireland Irish juries jurors justice labour land landlord Larcom letter light lighthouse lines Lord John Russell Lord Lieutenant Lord Melbourne Lord Morpeth Lord Normanby Lough Foyle magistrates Maziere Brady measure ment mond Morpeth mother object observation occasion officers organisation outrages Parliament party passed persons police political population present principle proceedings proposed question railways reflector Reform regard Report respect result Ribandism Roden Committee says Secretary Sir John society success Survey tanistry tenant Thomas Drummond tion Tipperary triangulation Trinity House Whigs whole Woolwich