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 58
... immediately , and crossing a rough , boggy tract of country to the northward , to gain the summit of Cairn Derig , a mountain about 3500 feet high , and about ten miles distant , and having built a large pile of stones upon it , to ...
... immediately , and crossing a rough , boggy tract of country to the northward , to gain the summit of Cairn Derig , a mountain about 3500 feet high , and about ten miles distant , and having built a large pile of stones upon it , to ...
Page 71
... immediately and easily completed . In the subsequent operations of 1823 , recourse was again had on two important occasions to the same method , and with equal success . I allude to Leith Hill , near Dorking , in Surrey , and Wrotham ...
... immediately and easily completed . In the subsequent operations of 1823 , recourse was again had on two important occasions to the same method , and with equal success . I allude to Leith Hill , near Dorking , in Surrey , and Wrotham ...
Page 79
... immediate duties , were in various ways pro- moting the interests of science . The topographical department grew in importance as the work of the Sur- vey proceeded . It owed most in the course of its development to General Larcom , who ...
... immediate duties , were in various ways pro- moting the interests of science . The topographical department grew in importance as the work of the Sur- vey proceeded . It owed most in the course of its development to General Larcom , who ...
Page 94
... Immediately before , and during , the measurement at Lough Foyle , Mr Drum- mond , assisted , for the first time , by Lieutenant Murphy , compared , by an extensive series of experiments , the whole of the measuring bars with one ...
... Immediately before , and during , the measurement at Lough Foyle , Mr Drum- mond , assisted , for the first time , by Lieutenant Murphy , compared , by an extensive series of experiments , the whole of the measuring bars with one ...
Page 97
... immediate eye of Major Colby , on the basement floor of the Ordnance Map Office . The result was everything that could be desired , and the base of the Irish Survey was measured under the immediate direction of the inventor of the bars ...
... immediate eye of Major Colby , on the basement floor of the Ordnance Map Office . The result was everything that could be desired , and the base of the Irish Survey was measured under the immediate direction of the inventor of the bars ...
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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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