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 71
... important occasions to the same method , and with equal success . allude to Leith Hill , near Dorking , in Surrey , and Wrotham Hill , in Kent , stations which it was of the utmost consequence to observe from Berkhampstead Tower , near ...
... important occasions to the same method , and with equal success . allude to Leith Hill , near Dorking , in Surrey , and Wrotham Hill , in Kent , stations which it was of the utmost consequence to observe from Berkhampstead Tower , near ...
Page 72
... importance . He made improve- ments on the instrument afterwards , which we shall notice in the proper place . The heliostat and the apparatus for exhibiting the light in survey operations , are fully described in the paper in the ...
... importance . He made improve- ments on the instrument afterwards , which we shall notice in the proper place . The heliostat and the apparatus for exhibiting the light in survey operations , are fully described in the paper in the ...
Page 74
... important point in the triangulation which connects the north of Ireland with the western islands of Scotland , and it was necessary that it should be observed from Divis . The party of observers on Divis were in camp as early as the ...
... important point in the triangulation which connects the north of Ireland with the western islands of Scotland , and it was necessary that it should be observed from Divis . The party of observers on Divis were in camp as early as the ...
Page 76
... important point in the triangulation of Ireland , our sojourning on the hill - tops has been prolonged to an unusually late period , in the daily hope that it would have been visible . Disappointment , however , was our lot , and the ...
... important point in the triangulation of Ireland , our sojourning on the hill - tops has been prolonged to an unusually late period , in the daily hope that it would have been visible . Disappointment , however , was our lot , and the ...
Page 79
... importance as the work of the Sur- vey proceeded . It owed most in the course of its development to General Larcom , who possessed special qualifications for advancing this branch . He unites literary and antiquarian tastes with an ...
... importance as the work of the Sur- vey proceeded . It owed most in the course of its development to General Larcom , who possessed special qualifications for advancing this branch . He unites literary and antiquarian tastes with an ...
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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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