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 75
... attending the first practical test of his inventions , only to suffer the more severely afterwards . With what joy he hailed the success of his operations on the lonely mountain we fortunately may see from a letter written in his hut on ...
... attending the first practical test of his inventions , only to suffer the more severely afterwards . With what joy he hailed the success of his operations on the lonely mountain we fortunately may see from a letter written in his hut on ...
Page 78
... attended the lamp and heliostat at the close of 1825 , was purchased at the cost of a severe illness . A mountain camp , at an altitude of two thou- sand feet in the winter of these climates , is , under any circum- stances , a severe ...
... attended the lamp and heliostat at the close of 1825 , was purchased at the cost of a severe illness . A mountain camp , at an altitude of two thou- sand feet in the winter of these climates , is , under any circum- stances , a severe ...
Page 113
... attending the operations in 1828 had seriously affected his health - the second , if not the third time , that a severe illness had sprung out of his devotion to the service . He suffered much , as in the winter of 1825 , from ...
... attending the operations in 1828 had seriously affected his health - the second , if not the third time , that a severe illness had sprung out of his devotion to the service . He suffered much , as in the winter of 1825 , from ...
Page 128
... attended to . They say- " Captain Drummond stated to the Committee all the objec- tions to the present use of his light in lighthouses ; but your Committee are so strongly impressed with its importance , and with the merits and ability ...
... attended to . They say- " Captain Drummond stated to the Committee all the objec- tions to the present use of his light in lighthouses ; but your Committee are so strongly impressed with its importance , and with the merits and ability ...
Page 135
... attend upon them . In the letter just quoted there is a reference to Robe's mother - Lady Robe - and to two of the Miss Robes , as visiting the friends , seeing to the putting up of their curtains , and to other domestic arrangements ...
... attend upon them . In the letter just quoted there is a reference to Robe's mother - Lady Robe - and to two of the Miss Robes , as visiting the friends , seeing to the putting up of their curtains , and to other domestic arrangements ...
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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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