Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... 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.
... 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.
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... important step till you fully comprehend it . You know well that nothing can be done in Geometry if you do not carry light , evidence , and precision , along with you ; and that , though your progress should even be slow in this sure ...
... important step till you fully comprehend it . You know well that nothing can be done in Geometry if you do not carry light , evidence , and precision , along with you ; and that , though your progress should even be slow in this sure ...
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... important of its achievements is the Ordnance Survey of Britain and Ireland , concerning which we shall have a great deal to say hereafter . Of its commissioned officers many have taken high rank in the scientific world , and even of ...
... important of its achievements is the Ordnance Survey of Britain and Ireland , concerning which we shall have a great deal to say hereafter . Of its commissioned officers many have taken high rank in the scientific world , and even of ...
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... importance to the excel- lence of the instruments for measuring angles . It will be seen hereafter that Mr Drummond made most im- portant contributions to geodesical science in regard to each of these sets of operations . A sufficiently ...
... importance to the excel- lence of the instruments for measuring angles . It will be seen hereafter that Mr Drummond made most im- portant contributions to geodesical science in regard to each of these sets of operations . A sufficiently ...
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... important body . Besides the staff employed in the work of triangulation and base measurements , there was another employed in filling in the spaces within the larger triangles by a system of smaller ones , and yet another employed as ...
... important body . Besides the staff employed in the work of triangulation and base measurements , there was another employed in filling in the spaces within the larger triangles by a system of smaller ones , and yet another employed as ...
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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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