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(i) AS the author states in his preface, this book was the outcome of the demand for instruction in map-reading and field sketching brought about by the war, and it is one of many owing their appearance to the same cause.
(1) Topographic Maps and Sketch Mapping.
By Prof. J. K. Finch. Pp. xi + 175. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1920.) 13s. 6d. net.
(2) Ordnance Survey Maps: Their Meaning and Use. With Descriptions of Typical 1-in. Sheets.
By Dr. Marion I. Newbigin. Second edition. Pp. 128. (Edinburgh: W. and A. K. Johnston, Ltd.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1920.) 2s. net.
(3) Notes on Geological Map-reading.
By A. Harker. Pp. 64. (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, Ltd., 1920.) 3s. 6d. net.
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(1) Topographic Maps and Sketch Mapping (2) Ordnance Survey Maps: Their Meaning and Use With Descriptions of Typical 1-in Sheets (3) Notes on Geological Map-reading. Nature 107, 294–295 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107294b0
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