Elements of Military Sketching

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Excerpt from Elements of Military Sketching: Arranged for Use of the Organized Militia of VermontDistances on a map have a fixed proportion to distances on the ground represented.In order' to read or make a map it is, therefore, necessary to know the proportion, or ratio, existing between any given map distance and the actual ground distance represented by it. This ratio is expressed by means of map scales.The principle of scaling is that one unit of any length on the map represents a certain number of like units on the ground.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.