A Treatise on Military Surveying: Including Sketching in the Field, Plan-drawing, Levelling, Military Reconnaisance, Etc. ; Also a Particular Description of the Surveying Instruments Commonly Employed by Military Men, with Instructions for Using and Adjusting Them |
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