Minutes of proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution (1858)
Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery Institution · Woolwich, Eng., : The Institution · leaf 50
well know how to develop. I visited the interior of the casemate barracks on the summit of the rock (in which, by the way, I saw no guns), and was much struck by a simple method adopted for increasing barrack accommodation. In the centre of the casemate, and in line with the crest of the arch, the… … in the top of the lower tier ; and thus twelve men can live in a small case¬ mate without any crowding, and this arrangement of the cots allows a free circulation of air about them and through the casemate. The cots can be folded up, as the ends move on hinges or pivots, and they are kept rigid by…
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