ON MILITARY SURVEYING; INCLUDING SKETCHING IN THE FIELD, PLAN-DRAWING, LEVELLING, MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, ETC. ETC. ETC. ALSO A PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS COMMONLY EMPLOYED BY MILITARY MEN, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR BY LIEUT.-COLONEL BASIL JACKSON, LATE OF THE ROYAL STAFF CORPS. PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SURVEYING AT THE HON. FOURTH EDITION. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY W. H. ALLEN & CO., 7, LEADENHALL STREET AND SOLD AT THE MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL. 1853. Entered at Stationers' Hall. PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS, LONDON GAZETTE OFFICE, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. Western Ontario U. hit 10.30-1931 ΤΟ MAJOR.GENERAL FREETH, K.H., QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL OF THE FORCES. MY DEAR GENERAL, AN acquaintance with most of the subjects treated in this work being necessary to an Officer of the Quartermaster-General's Staff, I beg to inscribe an improved edition to you, as the head of that important Department. Moreover, your former service in the Royal Staff Corps, throughout the Peninsular war, well qualifies you to pronounce upon its merits and utility. I am, MY DEAR GENERAL, Your obliged and faithful servant, CROYDON, 1853. BASIL JACKSON. |
