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Page iii
In regard to his professional life ( and not farther ) I have had the hearty co -
operation of Major - General Sir T. A. Larcom , the present Under Secretary in
Ireland , of whose brief but able Memoir of Drummond I have also freely availed
myself .
In regard to his professional life ( and not farther ) I have had the hearty co -
operation of Major - General Sir T. A. Larcom , the present Under Secretary in
Ireland , of whose brief but able Memoir of Drummond I have also freely availed
myself .
Page v
THE ORDNANCE SURVEY - NATURE OF THE SURVEY OPERATIONS
EXPLAINED HISTORY OF THE SURVEY IN GREAT BRITAIN - OPERATIONS IN
SCOTLAND IN 1819 - STATION - HUNTING AND MOUNTAINPEAK
OBSERVATORIES ...
THE ORDNANCE SURVEY - NATURE OF THE SURVEY OPERATIONS
EXPLAINED HISTORY OF THE SURVEY IN GREAT BRITAIN - OPERATIONS IN
SCOTLAND IN 1819 - STATION - HUNTING AND MOUNTAINPEAK
OBSERVATORIES ...
Page vi
SURVEY OPERATIONS 1826-1828 - SIMPLIFIED FORM OF THE HELIOSTAT -
THE COMPENSATION MEASURING BARS — THE COMPENSATION
MICROSCOPES - THE INVENTION OF THE BARS - MEASUREMENT OF THE
BASE AT ...
SURVEY OPERATIONS 1826-1828 - SIMPLIFIED FORM OF THE HELIOSTAT -
THE COMPENSATION MEASURING BARS — THE COMPENSATION
MICROSCOPES - THE INVENTION OF THE BARS - MEASUREMENT OF THE
BASE AT ...
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During the visit he made a copy of a work by Sir John Burgoyne , then in
manuscript , “ Memoranda on some of the Practical Operations of a Siege . " This
was no holiday amusement . The manuscript is a long one , and illustrated by
numerous ...
During the visit he made a copy of a work by Sir John Burgoyne , then in
manuscript , “ Memoranda on some of the Practical Operations of a Siege . " This
was no holiday amusement . The manuscript is a long one , and illustrated by
numerous ...
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Such , however , was not to be his career . In the autumn of 1819 he became
acquainted with Colonel Colby , when that officer was in Edinburgh on his return
after the summer operations of the Ordnance Survey in the Scottish Highlands .
Such , however , was not to be his career . In the autumn of 1819 he became
acquainted with Colonel Colby , when that officer was in Edinburgh on his return
after the summer operations of the Ordnance Survey in the Scottish Highlands .
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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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