Shifts and expedients of camp life, travel & exploration
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SWINGING THE PACKS OF THE NORTH AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION OVER A BRANCH OF JASPER CREEK VICTORIA RIVER 1856.
BY W.B. LORD ROYAL ARTILLERY
&
T. BAINES F.R.G.S.
LONDON HORACE COX 39 STRAND WC
1871
William Barry Lord
Thomas Baines
Transcriber’s Note
CONTENTS.
DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.
INTRODUCTION.
Trunks and Boxes.
Shooting Gear.
Stationery and Artist’s Materials.
Scientific Instruments.
The Traveller’s Library.
Horse Equipment.
Cutlery.
Camp Furniture.
Tents, Canvas Buckets and Articles made of Canvas generally.
Odds and Ends.
Medicine and Dressings for Wounds.
Lamps, Lights, and Lanterns.
Case I.—Gun without a Waggon—Carriage disabled.
Case II.—A Gun with a Waggon—Carriage disabled.
Case III.—A Gun Axletree Arm broken.
Case IV.—A Gun and Waggon—The Gun Limber disabled.
Case V.—Waggon Limber disabled.
Tailor’s Work.
Distinctive Box Markings.
On measuring the Distance travelled by Wheeled Carriages.
To ascertain the Variation of the Compass.
To obtain Levels or low Altitudes.
The Plane Table, and its Use.
Extemporised Sight Vane for Levelling Staff.
Makeshift Clinometer.
On the Use of the Sextant and Artificial Horizon.
Projection of Routes.
To construct a Map on Mercator’s Projection.
To measure the Number of Cubic Feet of Water conveyed by a River in each Second.
APPENDIX.
Velocity Table.
Weight of a Superficial Foot of Plate or Sheet Iron.
Relative Heat-conducting Power of different Bodies.
Relative Conducting Power of Fluids.
Radiating Power of different Bodies.
The Stone Weight.
The Qualities of Gold.
INDEX.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Footnotes
