PLATE 27.
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ISOMETRICAL view of building.
EXTERIOR.
INTERIOR.
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PLATE 28.
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Depositary Rocks. 1-18
Igneous Rocks. a-b
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PLATE 29.
Signs used in Indian & Colonial Plans.
| Telegraph | Hills with Peaks | ||
| Trunk Road (Metalled) | |||
| District Do. | |||
| Do. Unmetalled | Do. in Contour | ||
| Ford | |||
| Nullah or Khall | |||
| Bund or Embankment | Scarped Face of Hill | ||
| Old Bank of River | |||
| Hedges with Trees | Ravine | ||
| River with Islands | |||
| River with Sand Bank | Garden | ||
| Stone Sluice Gate | |||
| Lake or Tank | Paun Garden | ||
| Salt Pans | Village | ||
| Cultivated Ground | Ferry | ||
| Flying Bridge | |||
| Burial Ground | Haut or Bazar | ||
| Mud Fort | |||
| Sand Hills | Pucka Fort | ||
| Deserted Village | |||
| Ridge of Hills | Principal Survey Stations | ||
| Secondary Do. | |||
| High Ground | Flag for Surveying |
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PLATE 30.
Signs used in Indian & Colonial Plans.
| Salt Golah | Jhow Jungle | ||
| Salt Chowkey | |||
| Silk Factory | Jheel | ||
| Indigo Factory | Tamarind Trees | ||
| Sugar Factory | Bamboo Jungle | ||
| Post Office | Salt Waste | ||
| Dak Bungalow | |||
| Police or Thana Stan. | Salt Waste with Jungle | ||
| Magistrate’s Kutcherry | Mangoe Tope | ||
| Stone or Pucka Houses | |||
| Mahomedan Mosque | Cocoa Nut Trees | ||
| Hindoo Temple | |||
| Telegraph Tower | Betel Nut Trees | ||
| Signal Staff | Trees generally | ||
| Boundary Pillar | Date Trees | ||
| Wooden Boundary Post | |||
| Pucka Well | Palm or Tar Trees | ||
| Kucha Well | |||
| Forest Jungles | Mangrove | ||
| Low Jungles | Brides | ||
| Grass Jungles | Rail Road |
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PLATE 31.
Military Signs and Fortifications.
| Tête du Pont | Passable for Troops | ||
| Infantry Engaged | |||
| Vedettes | Cavalry Encamped | ||
| Village Inundated | |||
| Military Pits | |||
| Mines | Sand Bags | ||
| Infantry Encamped | Intrenchment | ||
| Village Burnt | Cannon | ||
| Cavalry Engaged | |||
| Caltrop or Crows Feet | Park | ||
| Trenches | Palisades |
| Barrier | |||
| Mortar & Shells | |||
| Block House | |||
| Field Piece and Limber | |||
| Ammunition Waggon and Limber | |||
| SECTION of GLACIS, DITCH, RAMPART, &c. | |||
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PLATE 32.
Military Signs and Fortifications.
| Infantry Column | Impassible for Artillery | ||
| Cavalry Line | Abatis | ||
| Chevaux de frise | |||
| Redoubt | |||
| Mortar Battery | |||
| Impassible for Cavalry | Cavalry Column | ||
| Gained | Guns on March | ||
| Field of Battle | Gun Battery | ||
| Lost | Impassible for Infantry | ||
| Sentinel | Baggage Waggons | ||
| Infantry Line | |||
| Guns in Position | Fortified Castles Closed |
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| Palisades | |||
| Rifle Pits | Redan or Fleche |
| Gabions | Fascines |
| PLAN of BASTIONED FORT with LUNETTES. | |
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PLATE 33.
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PORTION of MINING PLAN shewing PILLAR WORKINGS.
as SHEWN by HAND on PAPER.
as SHEWN by ENGRAVING or LITHOGRAPHY.
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