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 55
... favour- able opportunity of observation . There is an admirable account of a surveying season in the Highlands in a letter from Major Dawson to Lieutenant - Colonel Port- lock , published in extenso in Portlock's " Memoir of Colonel ...
... favour- able opportunity of observation . There is an admirable account of a surveying season in the Highlands in a letter from Major Dawson to Lieutenant - Colonel Port- lock , published in extenso in Portlock's " Memoir of Colonel ...
Page 111
... favour by affording me any opportunity of showing , though in a very humble way , the grateful sense I entertain of your kindness on many occasions . - Believe me , my dear sir , most truly yours , “ T. DRUMMOND . " The actual ...
... favour by affording me any opportunity of showing , though in a very humble way , the grateful sense I entertain of your kindness on many occasions . - Believe me , my dear sir , most truly yours , “ T. DRUMMOND . " The actual ...
Page 135
... favour . " In another letter , he says he has to cuff the imp occa- sionally on the ears - a cuff being the only argument he will listen to . The Park Road establishment was not long continued . Robe's mother died suddenly in Feb- ruary ...
... favour . " In another letter , he says he has to cuff the imp occa- sionally on the ears - a cuff being the only argument he will listen to . The Park Road establishment was not long continued . Robe's mother died suddenly in Feb- ruary ...
Page 148
... favour . The authority of his friend Herschel , could he secure it , would be great , but he he had a delicacy in consulting him . From this he was relieved by Captain Beaufort : - " ADMIRALTY , January 10 , 1832 . " MY DEAR SIR JOHN ...
... favour . The authority of his friend Herschel , could he secure it , would be great , but he he had a delicacy in consulting him . From this he was relieved by Captain Beaufort : - " ADMIRALTY , January 10 , 1832 . " MY DEAR SIR JOHN ...
Page 150
... favour of the principle adopted by Lieutenant Drummond ; and he had also the opinion of another learned mathematician , Professor Barlow , who stated that the principle was not only correct , but indis- pensable , according to the ...
... favour of the principle adopted by Lieutenant Drummond ; and he had also the opinion of another learned mathematician , Professor Barlow , who stated that the principle was not only correct , but indis- pensable , according to the ...
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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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