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 63
... England . Ten stations were visited by this party , and observations for azimuth made at two of them ; but in what district they were I cannot ascertain . In 1823 Drummond was engaged along with Colby in carrying a chain of triangles ...
... England . Ten stations were visited by this party , and observations for azimuth made at two of them ; but in what district they were I cannot ascertain . In 1823 Drummond was engaged along with Colby in carrying a chain of triangles ...
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... England . They recommended that every facility , in the way of improved instruments , should be given to the Ordnance officers by whom the survey was to be conducted ; and concluded with the hope , that the great national work which was ...
... England . They recommended that every facility , in the way of improved instruments , should be given to the Ordnance officers by whom the survey was to be conducted ; and concluded with the hope , that the great national work which was ...
Page 86
... England . There is no doubt its author - whether he was Colby or Drum- mond - knew of Harrison's gridiron pendulum ; and that whatever of originality there was in the idea lay in the plan for effecting the compensation for temperature ...
... England . There is no doubt its author - whether he was Colby or Drum- mond - knew of Harrison's gridiron pendulum ; and that whatever of originality there was in the idea lay in the plan for effecting the compensation for temperature ...
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... England and Wales . " It is proposed to take the number of houses and the amount of assessed taxes for the year ending April 1831 together as the test of disfranchisement . The inquiries of which you have had the direction , and the ...
... England and Wales . " It is proposed to take the number of houses and the amount of assessed taxes for the year ending April 1831 together as the test of disfranchisement . The inquiries of which you have had the direction , and the ...
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... England and Wales , which I request you will do me the favour to accept . " I send these volumes to you , not with any reference to their political nature , but as I have sent my former papers , as marks of respect and regard for my ...
... England and Wales , which I request you will do me the favour to accept . " I send these volumes to you , not with any reference to their political nature , but as I have sent my former papers , as marks of respect and regard for my ...
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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 |
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