Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... SOCIETIES , 461-464 VII . DR HANCOCK ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE IRISH RAIL- WAYS , • • 464-465 VIII . THE DRUMMOND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDIN- BURGH , INDEX , 465-466 467-475 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND . CHAPTER I. BIRTH ...
... SOCIETIES , 461-464 VII . DR HANCOCK ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE IRISH RAIL- WAYS , • • 464-465 VIII . THE DRUMMOND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDIN- BURGH , INDEX , 465-466 467-475 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND . CHAPTER I. BIRTH ...
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... Society of Writers to the Signet , and had a house in Edinburgh ; but , like many members of that honourable body , instead of practising in his profession , he lived chiefly on his estates in the country . These were in Perthshire ...
... Society of Writers to the Signet , and had a house in Edinburgh ; but , like many members of that honourable body , instead of practising in his profession , he lived chiefly on his estates in the country . These were in Perthshire ...
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... society of her day she was known as " the beautiful Betsy Somers ; " and a portrait of her , painted when she was over forty years of age , leaves no room for doubting her title to that designation . She , the beloved mother of Thomas ...
... society of her day she was known as " the beautiful Betsy Somers ; " and a portrait of her , painted when she was over forty years of age , leaves no room for doubting her title to that designation . She , the beloved mother of Thomas ...
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... society of his native city . He found the duties , how- ever , so trivial , and the prospects of the service so disheartening , that for some time he meditated leaving the army for the bar , and had actually entered his name at ...
... society of his native city . He found the duties , how- ever , so trivial , and the prospects of the service so disheartening , that for some time he meditated leaving the army for the bar , and had actually entered his name at ...
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... society . But there was a prouder in reserve for him— the triumph of his light and heliostat over obstacles to observation , which for months had impeded the progress of the Survey . The first step in the Irish Survey was a " general ...
... society . But there was a prouder in reserve for him— the triumph of his light and heliostat over obstacles to observation , which for months had impeded the progress of the Survey . The first step in the Irish Survey was a " general ...
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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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