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 53
... it was proposed , with the assistance of the British geodesists , to terminate at Yarmouth . On the other hand , it was proposed that the meridional line which had been traced through England should THE ORDNANCE SURVEY . 53.
... it was proposed , with the assistance of the British geodesists , to terminate at Yarmouth . On the other hand , it was proposed that the meridional line which had been traced through England should THE ORDNANCE SURVEY . 53.
Page 70
... hand man in his preparations for the Irish survey . The chief was anxious that this sur- vey should be more perfect than any yet executed , and particularly desirous to obtain improved means of over- coming the difficulties of ...
... hand man in his preparations for the Irish survey . The chief was anxious that this sur- vey should be more perfect than any yet executed , and particularly desirous to obtain improved means of over- coming the difficulties of ...
Page 80
... hands which performed remark- ably well . In the course of his experiments , he devised a singular mode of bisecting a reflected image of the surface - a ghost , as he called it ; but it did not help him to any practical result . He at ...
... hands which performed remark- ably well . In the course of his experiments , he devised a singular mode of bisecting a reflected image of the surface - a ghost , as he called it ; but it did not help him to any practical result . He at ...
Page 94
... obscurity . Mr Drummond made them , whoever designed them . The origin of the invention , however , seemed for a time to be not a little uncertain . On the 66 one hand , Mr Drummond seems to have long 94 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... obscurity . Mr Drummond made them , whoever designed them . The origin of the invention , however , seemed for a time to be not a little uncertain . On the 66 one hand , Mr Drummond seems to have long 94 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
Page 95
... hand , Colonel Portlock , General Larcom , Captain Kater , and others , appeared claiming the invention for Colonel Colby . An investigation of the facts was thus called for ; and it seemed to be the more necessary , from the only ...
... hand , Colonel Portlock , General Larcom , Captain Kater , and others , appeared claiming the invention for Colonel Colby . An investigation of the facts was thus called for ; and it seemed to be the more necessary , from the only ...
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