Memoir of Thomas Drummond, R.E.,F.R.A.S., Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1835-1840 |
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... means of warming themselves — a rather unusual amusement in the latter end of June . " This was Dawson's first sea- son on the mountain tops , and he made notes at the time of facts which must have afterwards become com- mon - place to ...
... means of warming themselves — a rather unusual amusement in the latter end of June . " This was Dawson's first sea- son on the mountain tops , and he made notes at the time of facts which must have afterwards become com- mon - place to ...
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... mean time a party of the Survey officers , to which Drummond was probably attached , were engaged in operations in England . Ten stations were visited by this party , and observations for azimuth made at two of them ; but in what ...
... mean time a party of the Survey officers , to which Drummond was probably attached , were engaged in operations in England . Ten stations were visited by this party , and observations for azimuth made at two of them ; but in what ...
Page 64
... 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 preserved , but in neither of them is it ...
... 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 preserved , but in neither of them is it ...
Page 66
... . That evening he set to work with these simple means , and resolved that he would hence- forth devote to his new pursuit the hour or two imme- * Memoir , p . 5 . diately after dinner , when , he said , he 66 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
... . That evening he set to work with these simple means , and resolved that he would hence- forth devote to his new pursuit the hour or two imme- * Memoir , p . 5 . diately after dinner , when , he said , he 66 MEMOIR OF THOMAS DRUMMOND .
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... Means of Facilitating 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 ...
... Means of Facilitating 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 ...
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