Elements of military sketching and map reading (1917)
Barnes, John Bryson, 1876- · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 54
on the map the relative elevations of suchpoints, and the form and degree of slope of theground itself. In Fig. 8 the reading of the slope board is plus 4°.The hill is then said to have a slope of 4 degrees; in-tersect, traverse or estimate the distance between thepoint of sighting and the top of… … Fig. 28. Fig. 28A. number and approximate location of contours. If theslope is not uniform, the number of contours (height 46 ELEMENTS OF MILITARY SKETCHING of hill) remains the same, of course, but the exactlocation of the contour lines must be determined byestimation as noted above. . As the…
Military topography · Maps, Military
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