Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... taken to replace that given in Dr Hutton's Course of Mathema- tics , to which he had objected . This apparently trifling event gave an increased stimulus to his exertions , and may perhaps be considered the foundation - stone of his ...
... taken to replace that given in Dr Hutton's Course of Mathema- tics , to which he had objected . This apparently trifling event gave an increased stimulus to his exertions , and may perhaps be considered the foundation - stone of his ...
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... taken from the regu- lars ; but in that year the Engineers were formed into a regiment or corps , grouped in battalions and companies . In 1783 the corps was made a Royal corps , with a distinctive uniform , the Royal Academy at ...
... taken from the regu- lars ; but in that year the Engineers were formed into a regiment or corps , grouped in battalions and companies . In 1783 the corps was made a Royal corps , with a distinctive uniform , the Royal Academy at ...
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... taken high rank in the scientific world , and even of its non - commissioned officers not a few have won the like distinction . Such is the corps which Drummond entered as a commissioned officer , on leaving Woolwich in July 1815. Of ...
... taken high rank in the scientific world , and even of its non - commissioned officers not a few have won the like distinction . Such is the corps which Drummond entered as a commissioned officer , on leaving Woolwich in July 1815. Of ...
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... taken out ; his memoir apparently had not been looked into , for within the first leaves was the letter I have just mentioned unopened . " * At this time he expected to have his own model finished within a week . By the end of May he ...
... taken out ; his memoir apparently had not been looked into , for within the first leaves was the letter I have just mentioned unopened . " * At this time he expected to have his own model finished within a week . By the end of May he ...
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... taken , moderate at first , become gigantic at last ; steeples , towers , obelisks , mountain cairns , and snowy peaks , becoming in turn the stepping - stones for further progress , the distances being only limited by the range of ...
... taken , moderate at first , become gigantic at last ; steeples , towers , obelisks , mountain cairns , and snowy peaks , becoming in turn the stepping - stones for further progress , the distances being only limited by the range of ...
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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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