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Elements of military sketching and map reading (1917)

Barnes, John Bryson, 1876- · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 24

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cation of this device, always available, is asmooth board or piece of stifif cardboard about i2xT4and a loose box compass. A ruler, paper, thumb tacks, 14 SOME SKETCHING INSTRUMENTS 15 pencils, scales, soft rubber eraser and a pocketknifecomplete the equipment. Under service conditions,hasty… … Fig. 4. or HB pencils are preferable. When sketching by pac-ing, a pace tally for registering paces or strides is con-venient. When sketching mounted a stop watch shouldbe used. The board may be mounted on a tripod ornot as desired. A slope board is a simple device for measuring de-grees of slope.…

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