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 61
... observations on the 29th of September . " The weather was now daily becoming more stormy and wet . The mountains were all covered with snow , and the trigonometrical season was declared to be at an end . " Such had been Captain Colby's ...
... observations on the 29th of September . " The weather was now daily becoming more stormy and wet . The mountains were all covered with snow , and the trigonometrical season was declared to be at an end . " Such had been Captain Colby's ...
Page 62
... observations from eleven stations , including those upon " the two lone islands " of Faira and Foula , as they are called by Dawson in the letter already cited . The season was one of extraordinary labour . On the island of Foula ...
... observations from eleven stations , including those upon " the two lone islands " of Faira and Foula , as they are called by Dawson in the letter already cited . The season was one of extraordinary labour . On the island of Foula ...
Page 63
... observations arranged to be made in France by himself and Captain Kater , conjointly with MM . Arago and Mathieu . The work in the islands fell to be completed after his departure by Vetch and Drummond . * They explored the whole How Mr ...
... observations arranged to be made in France by himself and Captain Kater , conjointly with MM . Arago and Mathieu . The work in the islands fell to be completed after his departure by Vetch and Drummond . * They explored the whole How Mr ...
Page 64
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 67
... Observation of Distant Objects in Geodetical Operations , " published in the " Philosophical Transactions " of 1826. It is pre- faced by a brief sketch of the history of the use of lights in survey operations . " In the beginning of the ...
... Observation of Distant Objects in Geodetical Operations , " published in the " Philosophical Transactions " of 1826. It is pre- faced by a brief sketch of the history of the use of lights in survey operations . " In the beginning of the ...
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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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