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 64
... cause of the interruption was the survey of Ireland , which was resolved upon in June 1824. The object of the Legislature , in directing a new survey of Ireland to be made , appears from the Report of the Select Committee appointed in ...
... cause of the interruption was the survey of Ireland , which was resolved upon in June 1824. The object of the Legislature , in directing a new survey of Ireland to be made , appears from the Report of the Select Committee appointed in ...
Page 80
... causes beyond control , were greater than the quantities he had been dealing with . " The elaborate collection of instruments which he brought together in the meteorological observatory on Divis - the first Irish station - is said to ...
... causes beyond control , were greater than the quantities he had been dealing with . " The elaborate collection of instruments which he brought together in the meteorological observatory on Divis - the first Irish station - is said to ...
Page 89
... cause the outer microscopes to form with it small angles of inclination , similar to those of the steel tongues of the compensation bars ; the compensated point of each outer microscope is so adjusted as to be in the outer focus of its ...
... cause the outer microscopes to form with it small angles of inclination , similar to those of the steel tongues of the compensation bars ; the compensated point of each outer microscope is so adjusted as to be in the outer focus of its ...
Page 123
... caused by the presence of the moonlight , or by the absence of the haze and drizzling rain which fell during the evening of the 25th , I cannot say . I had hoped that the appearance alluded to was to prove a con- stant accompaniment to ...
... caused by the presence of the moonlight , or by the absence of the haze and drizzling rain which fell during the evening of the 25th , I cannot say . I had hoped that the appearance alluded to was to prove a con- stant accompaniment to ...
Page 142
... cause of Reform was one in which he was eager to be useful ; and to be put at the head of this Commission , at his age , was a high distinction . The commissioners , " the gentlemen named in the margin , " were all men of ability ...
... cause of Reform was one in which he was eager to be useful ; and to be put at the head of this Commission , at his age , was a high distinction . The commissioners , " the gentlemen named in the margin , " were all men of ability ...
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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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