Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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Page 32
... principles of religion in which you have been brought up . I do not mean that you are to show your- self a stiff and sour Presbyterian . Religion is a matter betwixt God and your own conscience , and you may do your duty com- pletely ...
... principles of religion in which you have been brought up . I do not mean that you are to show your- self a stiff and sour Presbyterian . Religion is a matter betwixt God and your own conscience , and you may do your duty com- pletely ...
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... principle , which at the time was published in Leybourn's Mathematical Repository , and was subsequently taken to replace that given in Dr Hutton's Course of Mathema- tics , to which he had objected . This apparently trifling event gave ...
... principle , which at the time was published in Leybourn's Mathematical Repository , and was subsequently taken to replace that given in Dr Hutton's Course of Mathema- tics , to which he had objected . This apparently trifling event gave ...
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... principle of promotion was superiority as tested by competition ; in the corps the principle was seniority as tested by standing . There , everything gave way to excellence ; here , excellence gave way to priority . An officer might ...
... principle of promotion was superiority as tested by competition ; in the corps the principle was seniority as tested by standing . There , everything gave way to excellence ; here , excellence gave way to priority . An officer might ...
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... principle was adopted in this country when Colonel Colby and Captain Kater were engaged , in 1822 , in verifying General Roy's triangulation connecting the meridians of Paris and Greenwich . At their concluding station on Shooter's Hill ...
... principle was adopted in this country when Colonel Colby and Captain Kater were engaged , in 1822 , in verifying General Roy's triangulation connecting the meridians of Paris and Greenwich . At their concluding station on Shooter's Hill ...
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... principle of compensation ap- plied in their construction , as in that of the measuring bars themselves : hence the compensation microscopes . Each of them consists of three microscopes embraced by two bars , one of brass and the other ...
... principle of compensation ap- plied in their construction , as in that of the measuring bars themselves : hence the compensation microscopes . Each of them consists of three microscopes embraced by two bars , one of brass and the other ...
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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 |
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