Applied minor tactics (including map problems and the war game) map reading and map sketching (1912)
Moss, James Alfred, 1872- [from old catalog] · Washington, D.C. [National capital press, inc.] sales agents, The U. S. Infantry association; [etc., etc.] · leaf 20
gentle slopes, such as F-H (Fig. 4), thecontours (20, 40) are far apart. But on the steep slopes, as R-O, the con-tours (20, 40, 60, 80, 100), are close together. Hence, it is seen that con-tours far apart on a map indicate gentle slopes, and contours close to-gether, steep slopes. It is also seen… … Figure 5. two peaks, O and B, the stream, M-N, the Saddle, M, the water shedfrom F to H, and steep bluff at K, but they also give the slopes of theground at all points. From this we see that the slopes are directly por-tional to the nearness of the contours—that is, the nearer the contours ona map…
Maps, Military · Tactics · War games
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