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 5
... considerable , applied for and obtained the authority of the Court of Session to sell the heritable property . The estates were accordingly sold , and likewise the house in Castle Street , Edinburgh . By the time the tutor had paid the ...
... considerable , applied for and obtained the authority of the Court of Session to sell the heritable property . The estates were accordingly sold , and likewise the house in Castle Street , Edinburgh . By the time the tutor had paid the ...
Page 7
... considerable sum to the family . It was large enough materially to improve their circumstances . The improvement came at a good time , when the children were growing up and expenses increasing . But before it came , there had been ...
... considerable sum to the family . It was large enough materially to improve their circumstances . The improvement came at a good time , when the children were growing up and expenses increasing . But before it came , there had been ...
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... considerable pro- gress was made . He and Tom were fast friends - a guarantee for effective action of master on pupil . In 1810 , Drummond , now in the thirteenth year of his age , came to Edinburgh to be a pupil and boarder with Mr ...
... considerable pro- gress was made . He and Tom were fast friends - a guarantee for effective action of master on pupil . In 1810 , Drummond , now in the thirteenth year of his age , came to Edinburgh to be a pupil and boarder with Mr ...
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... considerable interval , during which the course of promotion was arrested . Having advanced to the second academy within ten months , he entered the first soon after , and having stepped up all the rounds of the ladder in about a year ...
... considerable interval , during which the course of promotion was arrested . Having advanced to the second academy within ten months , he entered the first soon after , and having stepped up all the rounds of the ladder in about a year ...
Page 47
... considerable multiple of the standard unit of length , several thousand yards at least ; and for the accuracy of the survey , it is neces- sary that this length should be measured most exactly . In measuring a base - line it is necessary ...
... considerable multiple of the standard unit of length , several thousand yards at least ; and for the accuracy of the survey , it is neces- sary that this length should be measured most exactly . In measuring a base - line it is necessary ...
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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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