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
... opinion , got suddenly up to assist in making fast to the buoy ; in an instant the pier upset ; all hands were immersed in the water , and the man who had caused the accident , being on his feet , was thrown from the pier and drowned ...
... opinion , got suddenly up to assist in making fast to the buoy ; in an instant the pier upset ; all hands were immersed in the water , and the man who had caused the accident , being on his feet , was thrown from the pier and drowned ...
Page 59
... opinion , scarcely more imposing than this . After dwelling upon it for an hour or two , and refreshing ourselves with a copious draught from a pure spring , surrounded with icicles and snow , we returned to Garviemore , having walked ...
... opinion , scarcely more imposing than this . After dwelling upon it for an hour or two , and refreshing ourselves with a copious draught from a pure spring , surrounded with icicles and snow , we returned to Garviemore , having walked ...
Page 96
... opinion of all the members of our little senate , as Lieutenant Drummond was , in the first instance , more disposed to go on with his own inquiries , and expected a better result from them than from the proposed bars of our chief ...
... opinion of all the members of our little senate , as Lieutenant Drummond was , in the first instance , more disposed to go on with his own inquiries , and expected a better result from them than from the proposed bars of our chief ...
Page 125
... opinion of the immense superiority of your light over all the others brought into comparison with it . — I am , & c . BASIL HALL . " The superior brilliancy of the light being thus established , the only point for farther inquiry was ...
... opinion of the immense superiority of your light over all the others brought into comparison with it . — I am , & c . BASIL HALL . " The superior brilliancy of the light being thus established , the only point for farther inquiry was ...
Page 126
... opinion . It is a question between the present method and the French light , not between mine and either . Their relative values have been ascertained by the Trinity House and Blackwall experiments , in a way which admits of no doubt ...
... opinion . It is a question between the present method and the French light , not between mine and either . Their relative values have been ascertained by the Trinity House and Blackwall experiments , in a way which admits of no doubt ...
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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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