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 75
Page v
... 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 PAGE CHAPTER VIII . SURVEY OPERATIONS 1826-1828 - SIMPLIFIED FORM.
... 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 PAGE CHAPTER VIII . SURVEY OPERATIONS 1826-1828 - SIMPLIFIED FORM.
Page 50
... 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 base- lines is such a measure , bar , rod , or chain as shall ...
... 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 base- lines is such a measure , bar , rod , or chain as shall ...
Page 51
... 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 sides of the channel ...
... 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 sides of the channel ...
Page 53
... carried northwards , and a base mea- sured in North Lincolnshire on Misterton Carr , it being part of the director's plan that a new base , for verifica- tion , should be measured every hundred miles . By 1806 the triangles embraced ...
... carried northwards , and a base mea- sured in North Lincolnshire on Misterton Carr , it being part of the director's plan that a new base , for verifica- tion , should be measured every hundred miles . By 1806 the triangles embraced ...
Page 62
... carried in the season of 1819. In the season of 1821 the triangles were thrown over Orkney and Shetland . The party made observations from eleven stations , including those upon " the two lone islands " of Faira and Foula , as they are ...
... carried in the season of 1819. In the season of 1821 the triangles were thrown over Orkney and Shetland . The party made observations from eleven stations , including those upon " the two lone islands " of Faira and Foula , as they are ...
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
apparatus appears appointed Argand Argand burner Argand lamp assizes became Bill boroughs Captain Catholics chief Colonel Colby compensated points constabulary course crime Crown directed 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 King labour land landlords Larcom letter light lighthouse Lord John Russell Lord Lieutenant Lord Melbourne Lord Morpeth Lord Normanby Lough Foyle magistrates Maziere Brady measuring bars ment mond Morpeth mother object observation occasion officers Orangemen Ordnance Survey organisation outrages Parliament party passed persons police political population present principle proceedings Protestant question railways reflector Reform regard respect result Ribandism Roden Committee says Secretary Sir John society Survey tanistry tenants Thomas Drummond tion Tipperary triangulation Trinity House whole Woolwich Woulfe