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 103
... English apparatus , and being familiar with the various instru- ments which had been used in the measurement of bases else- where , considered a new apparatus necessary . He resolved to adopt the compensation principle , and devised the ...
... English apparatus , and being familiar with the various instru- ments which had been used in the measurement of bases else- where , considered a new apparatus necessary . He resolved to adopt the compensation principle , and devised the ...
Page 135
... English Rhymes and Phrases , " I know no book , in its way , more curious and ingenious . At his house Drummond made the ac- quaintance of many distinguished people , and notably of Miss Hariett Martineau and Lord Brougham . There is an ...
... English Rhymes and Phrases , " I know no book , in its way , more curious and ingenious . At his house Drummond made the ac- quaintance of many distinguished people , and notably of Miss Hariett Martineau and Lord Brougham . There is an ...
Page 149
... English- men know how to listen to a senior wrangler on a question of computation . He contended at considerable length that the method of adding the numbers in the two series was erroneous , and that the only mode of giving equal ...
... English- men know how to listen to a senior wrangler on a question of computation . He contended at considerable length that the method of adding the numbers in the two series was erroneous , and that the only mode of giving equal ...
Page 194
... English enemy : instead of the five provinces of the earlier time , there were ninety " regions " in Ireland - beyond the Pale - under abso- lutely independent chiefs . If , then , the nation of the tribes has been trained to respect ...
... English enemy : instead of the five provinces of the earlier time , there were ninety " regions " in Ireland - beyond the Pale - under abso- lutely independent chiefs . If , then , the nation of the tribes has been trained to respect ...
Page 198
... English long for the extinction of the Irish ? unusual parade of English power , the chiefs hurried to 198 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... English long for the extinction of the Irish ? unusual parade of English power , the chiefs hurried to 198 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
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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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