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Orthography or Profile
The profile conveys the breadth, & height of the component parts of the fortress. Note 1 toise = 6 feet.
A to A The banquette.
B. The parapet.
E to O The Berm.
F. The main ditch.
C to D The cunette.
G. The rise from floor of ditch to the covered way.
D. The banquette of the covered way.
L to M The glacis.
The height of the interior of the talus is shown by A to N. Also indicated is the height of the banquette, the parapet, exterior talus, scarp, counterscarp, covered way and glacis.
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