Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... nature of the career he had chosen ; and neither its duties nor its rewards were such as , when ascertained , reconciled him to the service . He wanted to get out of it , and out of it at once . How great was the distress he suffered at ...
... nature of the career he had chosen ; and neither its duties nor its rewards were such as , when ascertained , reconciled him to the service . He wanted to get out of it , and out of it at once . How great was the distress he suffered at ...
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... natural calling . He was in every respect , " Sir John Herschel has said to me , " a most excellent person . There was but one ground of complaint I ever had against him that he deserted science . That was his natural field , and he had ...
... natural calling . He was in every respect , " Sir John Herschel has said to me , " a most excellent person . There was but one ground of complaint I ever had against him that he deserted science . That was his natural field , and he had ...
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... natural qualifications to attain eminence in the profession . " Were his nature and energy of such a kind as to justify any reasonable expectations of his distinguishing himself at the bar , I should say no more . No situation could be ...
... natural qualifications to attain eminence in the profession . " Were his nature and energy of such a kind as to justify any reasonable expectations of his distinguishing himself at the bar , I should say no more . No situation could be ...
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... nature were conducted the officers superintending the survey . The direction of the meridian had been determined at Dunnose and Beachy Head as early as 1794 , and calculation made of the length of a degree of a great circle ...
... nature were conducted the officers superintending the survey . The direction of the meridian had been determined at Dunnose and Beachy Head as early as 1794 , and calculation made of the length of a degree of a great circle ...
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... nature of a reflecting figure , which should obviously , when used to the utmost advantage , be lighted by a luminous sphere , the size being regulated by the spread required to be given to the light . This form of the focal light , it ...
... nature of a reflecting figure , which should obviously , when used to the utmost advantage , be lighted by a luminous sphere , the size being regulated by the spread required to be given to the light . This form of the focal light , it ...
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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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