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 43
... officer's good opinion , got suddenly up to assist in making fast to the buoy ; in an instant the pier upset ; all ... officers appointed , or that was to be appointed , to consider the pontoons . It does not appear whether the board ...
... officer's good opinion , got suddenly up to assist in making fast to the buoy ; in an instant the pier upset ; all ... officers appointed , or that was to be appointed , to consider the pontoons . It does not appear whether the board ...
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... officer was in Edinburgh on his return after the summer operations of the Ordnance Survey in the Scottish Highlands . When Colby , in 1820 , was appointed successor to Mudge as superin- tendent of the survey , Drummond received from him ...
... officer was in Edinburgh on his return after the summer operations of the Ordnance Survey in the Scottish Highlands . When Colby , in 1820 , was appointed successor to Mudge as superin- tendent of the survey , Drummond received from him ...
Page 51
... officers , and that , when survey operations on a grander scale and for higher purposes were resolved upon , military officers were naturally called upon to superintend them . A project for a general survey of the country was formed in ...
... officers , and that , when survey operations on a grander scale and for higher purposes were resolved upon , military officers were naturally called upon to superintend them . A project for a general survey of the country was formed in ...
Page 53
... 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 perpendicular to the meridian in ...
... 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 perpendicular to the meridian in ...
Page 54
... officers were by this time a numerous and important body . Besides the staff employed in the work of triangulation and base measurements , there was another employed in filling in the spaces within the larger triangles by a system of ...
... officers were by this time a numerous and important body . Besides the staff employed in the work of triangulation and base measurements , there was another employed in filling in the spaces within the larger triangles by a system of ...
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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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