Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... Professor Jardine : " Colonel Millar informed me , that Colonel Mudge said to him , that you were just such a student as he wished , and that if you continued your ambition and your industry , there was no doubt C 2 WOOLWICH . 35.
... Professor Jardine : " Colonel Millar informed me , that Colonel Mudge said to him , that you were just such a student as he wished , and that if you continued your ambition and your industry , there was no doubt C 2 WOOLWICH . 35.
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John Ferguson McLennan. your ambition and your industry , there was no doubt of your future success . " future success . " When this was written Drum- mond had been only four months at the academy . He himself seems to have been unaware ...
John Ferguson McLennan. your ambition and your industry , there was no doubt of your future success . " future success . " When this was written Drum- mond had been only four months at the academy . He himself seems to have been unaware ...
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... doubt that he would have attained forensic eminence . His own views as to the spirit in which a man should choose and enter the profession of the law , happen to be preserved . A friend being desirous to join the Scotch bar , Drummond ...
... doubt that he would have attained forensic eminence . His own views as to the spirit in which a man should choose and enter the profession of the law , happen to be preserved . A friend being desirous to join the Scotch bar , Drummond ...
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... doubt he would have laboured in it with untiring zeal . Such , however , was not to be his career . In the autumn of 1819 he became acquainted with Colonel Colby , when that officer was in Edinburgh on his return after the summer ...
... doubt he would have laboured in it with untiring zeal . Such , however , was not to be his career . In the autumn of 1819 he became acquainted with Colonel Colby , when that officer was in Edinburgh on his return after the summer ...
Page 86
... doubt its author - whether he was Colby or Drum- mond - knew of Harrison's gridiron pendulum ; and that whatever of originality there was in the idea lay in the plan for effecting the compensation for temperature at the extremities of ...
... doubt its author - whether he was Colby or Drum- mond - knew of Harrison's gridiron pendulum ; and that whatever of originality there was in the idea lay in the plan for effecting the compensation for temperature at the extremities of ...
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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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