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 4
... referred to in this narrative . She retained her beauty to the last , a beauty shining through great sadness , we may believe , as she for years survived her darling son . Some who knew her say that at seventy she was the most beautiful ...
... referred to in this narrative . She retained her beauty to the last , a beauty shining through great sadness , we may believe , as she for years survived her darling son . Some who knew her say that at seventy she was the most beautiful ...
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... referred to as a friend of the family . With him , too , Thomas was the favourite , and he insisted on providing for him a tutor to be resident in the family at his expense . The tutor was Mr Roy , under whose care very considerable pro ...
... referred to as a friend of the family . With him , too , Thomas was the favourite , and he insisted on providing for him a tutor to be resident in the family at his expense . The tutor was Mr Roy , under whose care very considerable pro ...
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... referred . The exact length of the base in yards , feet , and inches being known , these other distances admit at once of being reduced to yards , feet , and inches . But any error in measuring the base must enter into all of them . For ...
... referred . The exact length of the base in yards , feet , and inches being known , these other distances admit at once of being reduced to yards , feet , and inches . But any error in measuring the base must enter into all of them . For ...
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... referred , by the method of shadows , to an Argand lamp of a common standard , the light from the brightest part of the flame being * Annals of Philosophy , vol . ii . p . 99 . transmitted through apertures equal in diameter to the ...
... referred , by the method of shadows , to an Argand lamp of a common standard , the light from the brightest part of the flame being * Annals of Philosophy , vol . ii . p . 99 . transmitted through apertures equal in diameter to the ...
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... referred to , Mr Drummond gives a sum- mary of the experiments made on each bar for regu- lating the rates of changing temperature , ascertaining the rates , and determining the compensated points . These experiments , nearly ninety in ...
... referred to , Mr Drummond gives a sum- mary of the experiments made on each bar for regu- lating the rates of changing temperature , ascertaining the rates , and determining the compensated points . These experiments , nearly ninety in ...
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