Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... MENT OF THE BASE AT LOUGH FOYLE , ยท CHAPTER IX . 79-112 THE ORDNANCE SURVEY - MR DRUMMOND'S HEALTH - THE DRUM- MOND LIGHT , AND LIGHTHOUSES LETTER BY CAPTAIN BASIL HALL - A VISIT TO THE KING - DRUMMOND AND LORD BROUGHAM , 113-137 ...
... MENT OF THE BASE AT LOUGH FOYLE , ยท CHAPTER IX . 79-112 THE ORDNANCE SURVEY - MR DRUMMOND'S HEALTH - THE DRUM- MOND LIGHT , AND LIGHTHOUSES LETTER BY CAPTAIN BASIL HALL - A VISIT TO THE KING - DRUMMOND AND LORD BROUGHAM , 113-137 ...
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... ment . The vacancies occurred , and the competition followed . On the 1st of July he records the result in a letter to his mother . " The examination is now over , and everything has succeeded according to my wishes . I am first on the ...
... ment . The vacancies occurred , and the competition followed . On the 1st of July he records the result in a letter to his mother . " The examination is now over , and everything has succeeded according to my wishes . I am first on the ...
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... Aitchison , whose good services he always gratefully remembered . ment . On the 14th November 1813 , he writes that there is * Letter to Mrs Somers , Oct. 3 , 1813 . C to be an examination in about a fortnight , and WOOLWICH . 3333.
... Aitchison , whose good services he always gratefully remembered . ment . On the 14th November 1813 , he writes that there is * Letter to Mrs Somers , Oct. 3 , 1813 . C to be an examination in about a fortnight , and WOOLWICH . 3333.
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... ment of base - lines ; the second , the triangulation of the surface to be surveyed and measured . A base - line is an initial measured line , whose length is assumed as the unit to which all other distances calculated in the survey are ...
... ment of base - lines ; the second , the triangulation of the surface to be surveyed and measured . A base - line is an initial measured line , whose length is assumed as the unit to which all other distances calculated in the survey are ...
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... ment must be uncertain , and may be erroneous . If , again , the measure be flexible , like a long rod or chain , there must be difficulty in keeping it fully stretched , straight along its length , and wholly in the line ; and errors ...
... ment must be uncertain , and may be erroneous . If , again , the measure be flexible , like a long rod or chain , there must be difficulty in keeping it fully stretched , straight along its length , and wholly in the line ; and errors ...
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