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 65
... improved instruments , should be given to the Ordnance officers by whom the survey was to be conducted ; and concluded with the hope , that the great national work which was projected " will be carried on with energy as well as with ...
... improved instruments , should be given to the Ordnance officers by whom the survey was to be conducted ; and concluded with the hope , that the great national work which was projected " will be carried on with energy as well as with ...
Page 70
... improved means of over- coming the difficulties of observation which , it was anticipated , would be encountered in Ireland , at once owing to the climate and the size of the triangles . These means Drummond seemed to be likely to ...
... improved means of over- coming the difficulties of observation which , it was anticipated , would be encountered in Ireland , at once owing to the climate and the size of the triangles . These means Drummond seemed to be likely to ...
Page 77
... improved , and Wednesday the 9th instant brought our exertions to a successful termination . The colonel , after making the neces- sary arrangements , took his departure for London on the very day I arrived here , leaving Murphy and ...
... improved , and Wednesday the 9th instant brought our exertions to a successful termination . The colonel , after making the neces- sary arrangements , took his departure for London on the very day I arrived here , leaving Murphy and ...
Page 79
... improvement which pre- ceded the commencement of the Irish Survey had other results besides those which have been described . To procure apparatus which would secure rapidity and accuracy in the work of the great triangulation , was not ...
... improvement which pre- ceded the commencement of the Irish Survey had other results besides those which have been described . To procure apparatus which would secure rapidity and accuracy in the work of the great triangulation , was not ...
Page 81
... improvements in his light apparatus , which he was bent on fitting for lighthouse use . In the spring he returned to London , where he was occupied during the summer and autumn in experiments for forming the new measuring bars with ...
... improvements in his light apparatus , which he was bent on fitting for lighthouse use . In the spring he returned to London , where he was occupied during the summer and autumn in experiments for forming the new measuring bars with ...
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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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