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 86
... common use ; and that self - compensating compound bars might somehow be formed , was as obvious as that pendulum was familiar . It seems to be generally ad- mitted that the inventor of the measuring bars was altogether unacquainted ...
... common use ; and that self - compensating compound bars might somehow be formed , was as obvious as that pendulum was familiar . It seems to be generally ad- mitted that the inventor of the measuring bars was altogether unacquainted ...
Page 154
... common- sense light : - " SLOUGH , February 29 , 1832 , " SIR , I acknowledge , as speedily as circumstances permit , your pamphlet on the Borough question ; and the inscribed . note , in which you request my opinion of the principle ...
... common- sense light : - " SLOUGH , February 29 , 1832 , " SIR , I acknowledge , as speedily as circumstances permit , your pamphlet on the Borough question ; and the inscribed . note , in which you request my opinion of the principle ...
Page 155
... common parlance , and from all fair conventional meaning of the word ' importance . ' " 2d , That on this principle , a pound of assessed taxes , or a rated house , has no intrinsic fixed importance , but one entirely accidental ; so ...
... common parlance , and from all fair conventional meaning of the word ' importance . ' " 2d , That on this principle , a pound of assessed taxes , or a rated house , has no intrinsic fixed importance , but one entirely accidental ; so ...
Page 156
... common parlance . Let us , then , take as an extreme case - two boroughs , each of a thousand rated houses , but one paying £ 10 , the other £ 20 assessed tax . ( There is nothing impossible in such a supposition . ) Now , it certainly ...
... common parlance . Let us , then , take as an extreme case - two boroughs , each of a thousand rated houses , but one paying £ 10 , the other £ 20 assessed tax . ( There is nothing impossible in such a supposition . ) Now , it certainly ...
Page 158
... common sense in the new Bill . The Tories would fight for ALL WEALTH , NO POPULATION . The Hyper - Tories would make population a positive drawback . The Radicals would have ALL POPULATION , 158 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... common sense in the new Bill . The Tories would fight for ALL WEALTH , NO POPULATION . The Hyper - Tories would make population a positive drawback . The Radicals would have ALL POPULATION , 158 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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