Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... MEETING WITH EARL SPENCER - HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE SPECULATIONS AS TO HIS SUCCESS HAD HE ENTERED PARLIAMENT , 405-423 CHAPTER XX . MR DRUMMOND'S HEALTH - HIS LAST LETTERS - HIS LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH - EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION AND ...
... MEETING WITH EARL SPENCER - HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE SPECULATIONS AS TO HIS SUCCESS HAD HE ENTERED PARLIAMENT , 405-423 CHAPTER XX . MR DRUMMOND'S HEALTH - HIS LAST LETTERS - HIS LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH - EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION AND ...
Page 135
... meeting with Lord Brougham , an event which was powerfully to affect his career , in a letter to his mother , dated March 26 , 1831 . By the way , " he says , " I dined with the Lord Chan- cellor the other day , not at his own house ...
... meeting with Lord Brougham , an event which was powerfully to affect his career , in a letter to his mother , dated March 26 , 1831 . By the way , " he says , " I dined with the Lord Chan- cellor the other day , not at his own house ...
Page 136
... health , and spirits were alike excellent . From the meeting with Lord Brougham may be dated the end of his scientific career . It did not actually end then , but his intervals of study were 136 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... health , and spirits were alike excellent . From the meeting with Lord Brougham may be dated the end of his scientific career . It did not actually end then , but his intervals of study were 136 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
Page 142
... meetings of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , of which he was a member . Mr Ker is said to have suggested the appointment ; if so , he was almost singular among Drummond's friends in desiring that he should enter ...
... meetings of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , of which he was a member . Mr Ker is said to have suggested the appointment ; if so , he was almost singular among Drummond's friends in desiring that he should enter ...
Page 170
... meeting fully and precisely every exigency of the case . " * The distinguished astro- nomer has assured me that he had looked for great things , from this faculty of contrivance in Drummond , on his betaking himself to astronomy . The ...
... meeting fully and precisely every exigency of the case . " * The distinguished astro- nomer has assured me that he had looked for great things , from this faculty of contrivance in Drummond , on his betaking himself to astronomy . The ...
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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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