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 7
... hand and Tommy the other . The rest of us were all fond of gardening amusements . As for Tommy , his pleasures lay in carpentering and mechanical contrivances . He was always making things . " There are preserved , as evidences of his ...
... hand and Tommy the other . The rest of us were all fond of gardening amusements . As for Tommy , his pleasures lay in carpentering and mechanical contrivances . He was always making things . " There are preserved , as evidences of his ...
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... hand , he presented himself at the barracks , the porter rebuffed him with the chilling information , ' You are too late . ' He was received , however , and passed with credit . " The incident alluded to brings out so much of Drummond's ...
... hand , he presented himself at the barracks , the porter rebuffed him with the chilling information , ' You are too late . ' He was received , however , and passed with credit . " The incident alluded to brings out so much of Drummond's ...
Page 43
... hands were immersed in the water , and the man who had caused the accident , being on his feet , was thrown from the pier and drowned . Mr Drummond and the other man clung to the pier , and Mr Drummond afterwards de- scribed his ...
... hands were immersed in the water , and the man who had caused the accident , being on his feet , was thrown from the pier and drowned . Mr Drummond and the other man clung to the pier , and Mr Drummond afterwards de- scribed his ...
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... hand , and the work of triangulation on the other . Let us now glance at the history of these operations in Britain up to the time when Drummond took a part in them . That the British Survey is an Ordnance Survey har- monises with the ...
... hand , and the work of triangulation on the other . Let us now glance at the history of these operations in Britain up to the time when Drummond took a part in them . That the British Survey is an Ordnance Survey har- monises with the ...
Page 52
... hand , the chain , while it possessed many good qualities , was attended by not inconsiderable diffi- culties in the use . The base , however , was as carefully measured as with the instruments it could be , every- thing being done to ...
... hand , the chain , while it possessed many good qualities , was attended by not inconsiderable diffi- culties in the use . The base , however , was as carefully measured as with the instruments it could be , every- thing being done to ...
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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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