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 50
... regard to the second set of operations , that , as the triangles increase in
magnitude , the means of making distant points steadily and distinctly visible are
next in practical importance to the excellence of the instruments for measuring
angles .
... regard to the second set of operations , that , as the triangles increase in
magnitude , the means of making distant points steadily and distinctly visible are
next in practical importance to the excellence of the instruments for measuring
angles .
Page 56
... hour or so , and then sleet and rain . We were forced to be out shovelling the
hail and snow from the tents while the storm lasted , and when it was over the
men set to snow - balling one another as a means of warming themselves — a
rather ...
... hour or so , and then sleet and rain . We were forced to be out shovelling the
hail and snow from the tents while the storm lasted , and when it was over the
men set to snow - balling one another as a means of warming themselves — a
rather ...
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In the mean time a party of the Survey officers , to which Drummond was probably
attached , were engaged in operations in England . Ten stations were visited by
this party , and observations for azimuth made at two of them ; but in what ...
In the mean time a party of the Survey officers , to which Drummond was probably
attached , were engaged in operations in England . Ten stations were visited by
this party , and observations for azimuth made at two of them ; but in what ...
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The observations were at last effected by means of an apparatus contrived by
Colby . In the summer , Vetch and Drummond had been out on a station hunt ; the
fact is mentioned in two letters , belonging to this year , which have been ...
The observations were at last effected by means of an apparatus contrived by
Colby . In the summer , Vetch and Drummond had been out on a station hunt ; the
fact is mentioned in two letters , belonging to this year , which have been ...
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That evening he set to work with these simple means , and resolved that he
would henceforth devote to his new pursuit the hour or two immeMemoir , p . 5 .
diately after dinner , when , he said , he 66 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
That evening he set to work with these simple means , and resolved that he
would henceforth devote to his new pursuit the hour or two immeMemoir , p . 5 .
diately after dinner , when , he said , he 66 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
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| Title | Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
| Author | John Ferguson McLennan |
| Publisher | Edmonston and Douglas, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 475 pages |
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