Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
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Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
Military education
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| | Cr |
| +------------------+
I. LECTURES. | NL | +A | -A | T | I
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1st part: | | | | |
Topographical drawing, | 4 | 6 |....| } |
Art of Surveying-- | | | | } 36 |
On the instruments and | | | | |
Topographical processes, | 8 | 12 |....| } |
On Surveys of considerable | | | | |
magnitude, | 2 | .... | 6 | } | 2
On Reconnaissance Plans, | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | } |
Preparatory to out-of-door work, | 5 | 7.5 |....| } |
+----+------+----+------+---
Total, |21 | 27 | 9 | 30* | 2
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[* The credit is diminished here and carried forward to the exercises,
which serve for the interrogations of many lectures. These lectures have
therefore really three series of interrogations.]
[KEY]
D Drawings.
M Memoirs.
V Various.
+H In the halls.
-H Out of the halls.
O Out of doors.
C Credits.
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| | | | Attendances |
EXECUTION OF WORK. | | | +----+----+----+
| D | M | V | +H | -H | O | C
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1st Part:-- | | | | | | |
Topographical Drawing: | | | | | | |
Conventional Tints, | 1 |....|....| 3 |....|....| 10
Study of Maps, | 4 |....|....| 26 |....|....| 120
Reduction, | 1 |....|....| 2 |....|....| 10
Construction of a | | | | | | |
Triangulation with the | | | | | | |
Compass, | 1 |....|....| 3 |....|....| 15
1st Survey with the Compass:| | | | | | |
Out-of-door work, |....|....| 1 |....|....| 6 | 50
Laying down, | 1 |....|....| 4 |....|....| 20
Survey of Fortifications | | | | | | |
with the Plane-Table: | | | | | | |
Out-of-door work, |} 1 |....| 1 |....|....| 10 | 80
Laying Down, |} | 1 |....| 4 |....|....| 25
Determination of the | | | | | | |
Variation of the Compass, | 1 |....|....| 1 | 1h |....| 5
2d Survey with the Compass: | | | | | | |
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