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 113
... in the spring of 1833 , when , along with the Rev. R. Sheepshanks and Mr Simms , he was engaged in ascertaining the expansions of the Royal Society's brass scale . - Ibid . p . 12 . H 66 ness . He refers to this illness in a.
... in the spring of 1833 , when , along with the Rev. R. Sheepshanks and Mr Simms , he was engaged in ascertaining the expansions of the Royal Society's brass scale . - Ibid . p . 12 . H 66 ness . He refers to this illness in a.
Page 114
... Society , June 17 , 1830 , " On the Illumina- tion of Lighthouses . " The Trinity House Corporation had resolved , as early as 1826 , to give his light a trial as soon as the apparatus should give a steady con- tinuance of light , and ...
... Society , June 17 , 1830 , " On the Illumina- tion of Lighthouses . " The Trinity House Corporation had resolved , as early as 1826 , to give his light a trial as soon as the apparatus should give a steady con- tinuance of light , and ...
Page 119
... Society . " + This paper has been already referred to . It opens with a rapid history of methods of illuminating light- houses , and account of those in use in the best light- houses of Great Britain and France ; a description ...
... Society . " + This paper has been already referred to . It opens with a rapid history of methods of illuminating light- houses , and account of those in use in the best light- houses of Great Britain and France ; a description ...
Page 128
... Society , on the Trinity House experiments . The letter , which sets Drummond in a new light , tells its own story so fully that no words of introduction to it are necessary , unless , indeed , it may be proper to prefix the postscript ...
... Society , on the Trinity House experiments . The letter , which sets Drummond in a new light , tells its own story so fully that no words of introduction to it are necessary , unless , indeed , it may be proper to prefix the postscript ...
Page 132
... society to secure them every comfort and happiness ; but they are fashion's slaves , and miserable . So passed the day . The Earl of Errol had offered to send his carriage for us , which Captain Wool- more accepted ; and having ...
... society to secure them every comfort and happiness ; but they are fashion's slaves , and miserable . So passed the day . The Earl of Errol had offered to send his carriage for us , which Captain Wool- more accepted ; and having ...
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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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