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 28
... conditions . of Drummond's progress . If " it is remembered " that he was promoted to the fifth from the sixth academy without the usual examination , the recollection is pro- bably of some story concocted and circulated through envy ...
... conditions . of Drummond's progress . If " it is remembered " that he was promoted to the fifth from the sixth academy without the usual examination , the recollection is pro- bably of some story concocted and circulated through envy ...
Page 37
... conditions of progress were different from those established at the Woolwich Academy . At the academy the principle of promotion was superiority as tested by competition ; in the corps the principle was seniority as tested by standing ...
... conditions of progress were different from those established at the Woolwich Academy . At the academy the principle of promotion was superiority as tested by competition ; in the corps the principle was seniority as tested by standing ...
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... conditions of success in the legal pro- fession , which many of " the briefless " only begin seriously to do after years of disappointment . Had he thrown himself into it , no doubt he would have laboured in it with untiring zeal . Such ...
... conditions of success in the legal pro- fession , which many of " the briefless " only begin seriously to do after years of disappointment . Had he thrown himself into it , no doubt he would have laboured in it with untiring zeal . Such ...
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... conditions in the use , which are the sources of errors of measurement ; and in regard to the second set of opera- tions , that , as the triangles increase in magnitude , the means of making distant points steadily and distinctly ...
... conditions in the use , which are the sources of errors of measurement ; and in regard to the second set of opera- tions , that , as the triangles increase in magnitude , the means of making distant points steadily and distinctly ...
Page 114
... condition , hastened for assistance to the house of a landed proprietor in the neighbour- hood . He described the camp hut as filled with water , and Drummond as certain to die if allowed to remain in it . The gentleman appealed to at ...
... condition , hastened for assistance to the house of a landed proprietor in the neighbour- hood . He described the camp hut as filled with water , and Drummond as certain to die if allowed to remain in it . The gentleman appealed to at ...
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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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