Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... not being satisfied with a rather difficult demonstration in the conic sections , he
supplied one himself on an entirely original principle , which at the time was
published in Leybourn ' s Mathematical Repository , and was subsequently taken
to ...
... not being satisfied with a rather difficult demonstration in the conic sections , he
supplied one himself on an entirely original principle , which at the time was
published in Leybourn ' s Mathematical Repository , and was subsequently taken
to ...
Promotion can be got by waiting , but not by money . Prior to 1763 , the duties of
engineers in the British army were discharged by officers taken from the regulars
; but in that year the Engineers were formed into a regiment or corps , grouped in
...
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Of its commissioned officers many have 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 ...
Of its commissioned officers many have 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 ...
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The box had been opened , only one of the models 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 ...
The box had been opened , only one of the models 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 ...
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The strides so 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 ...
The strides so 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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| Title | Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
| Author | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Publisher | Edmonston and Douglas, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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