A Manual of Practical Military Engineering: Prepared for the Use of the Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, and for Engineer TroopsD. Van Nostrand, 1873 - 296 páginas |
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... Epaulment . - An epaulment is a mound of earth , thrown up at the end of a battery at right angles , or nearly so , to the direction of the parapet , to protect the battery from oblique fire . Its parapet has the same height as 136 ...
... Epaulment . - An epaulment is a mound of earth , thrown up at the end of a battery at right angles , or nearly so , to the direction of the parapet , to protect the battery from oblique fire . Its parapet has the same height as 136 ...
Página 137
... epaulment . There is good military authority for this use of the term . The authorities however are divided , and those followed by the engineers give as the true meaning of the word epaulment , any covering mass not arranged for ...
... epaulment . There is good military authority for this use of the term . The authorities however are divided , and those followed by the engineers give as the true meaning of the word epaulment , any covering mass not arranged for ...
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... epaulment , and communications , also the position of the traverses and magazine . The tracing on the ground must be made after dark , though if possible the direction of the parapet or the line of fire should be traced be- fore dark ...
... epaulment , and communications , also the position of the traverses and magazine . The tracing on the ground must be made after dark , though if possible the direction of the parapet or the line of fire should be traced be- fore dark ...
Página 149
... epaulment . Lay off a 19 ' , 1 , 2 18 ' . 1 and 2 will give the positions of the first and second embrasures . The next interval is 24 ' , as a traverse , which will occupy 6 ' , will come between the second and third gun . The other ...
... epaulment . Lay off a 19 ' , 1 , 2 18 ' . 1 and 2 will give the positions of the first and second embrasures . The next interval is 24 ' , as a traverse , which will occupy 6 ' , will come between the second and third gun . The other ...
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... epaulment . The object of the epaulment being to screen the interior of the battery from oblique fire , the length and direc- S n at 18 ! 24 24 18 ' 28 22 ' a Fig . 108. THE TRACING OF BATTERIES . tion of the line a c will be dependent ...
... epaulment . The object of the epaulment being to screen the interior of the battery from oblique fire , the length and direc- S n at 18 ! 24 24 18 ' 28 22 ' a Fig . 108. THE TRACING OF BATTERIES . tion of the line a c will be dependent ...
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abatis anchored angles artillery banquette berm bottom brigade capsill centre chevaux-de-frise cloth commenced constructed counterscarp course cover crest deep defence defilade defilement depth descent diameter diggers direction distance ditch double sap driven embrasure enemy engineer epaulment excavation fascines feet Field Sketching filled flying sap formed frame front gabions gallery glacis ground groundsill guns height horizontal inches interior slope intervals laid latter length line of fire logs loop-holes magazine measuring rods merlon necessary non-commissioned officer palisades parallel parapet party passed perpendicular pickets pieces placed plane planks portion position powder rear reconnaissances relief reverse flank revetment road rods sand-bags sap-fork sap-roller sappers SECTION shaft sheeting shovels side siege single sap sods soil Splinter-proof stanchions superior slope tape terreplein thick throwing the earth thrown timber tion tracing traverse troops usually vertical wall wide widens the trench width wire wood yards