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· f .\ ,' The Royal Engineers i, Journal. i I ', The Uniforms of the Corps of Boyal Engineers up to 1914 The late Lieut.-Colonel P. Kealy 506 . A Bridging Exerise . Lieut.-Colonel N. T. Ftspatrick 614 The Nile Control and Irrigation Problems of Egypt Captain F. C. T. Noakes 628 "The Sapper' Camel and Goat" . 9 ! Temporary Roads Department.-VL Odds and Ends "Roadsurvey" . 641 5 The Construbtion of a Swimming Bath . Major C.P. Worold 656 Black Soil and an Eperiment in Road-making . Major H. C. H Robertson 666 Skew Guns and Survey . '.andB. 670 ome Service Applications ol the High-Speed Diesel Engine \ Captain W. Y. Blagden 577 , < A Two-Colour Process for the Rapid Preparation of Printing Plates in the Fie . CaptainD.. Crone 68 ki-ing in Austria . Colonel Sackville Hmilton 589 Prolesional Note. Memoir. Books. Magazines. Correspondence 609 j VOL. XLVIII. DECEMBER, 1934. CHATHAM: THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS, r TELEPHONE: CHATHAM, 2669. AGENTS AND PRINTERS: MACKAYS LTD. 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Thus a thought is developed here, an argument strengthened there, and fresh illustrations are added as one edition succeeds another."-English Churchman, I2th Dec., 1912. " The present edition has again been carefully revised throughout, and full use has been made of the most recent developments of scientific knowledge. The valuable character of Lt.-Col. Turton's work is now so well known that it requires little recommendation." -Record, 9 th Oct., I93I. " There is no padding and no unnecessary rhetoric. All the available space is filled with good solid reasoning, put in simple language which an intelligent artisan can follow as easily as an educated person."-Church Family Newspaper, 3rd Oct., I902. " Few works of Christian apologetic have proved so useful.... All the argument is lucid, and no questionable assumptions are introduced."-Commonwealth, May, I926. " This is a text-book on Christian Evidence we would readily place in the hands of the lay-worker as an essential part of his equipment."-Lay Reader, Dec., 1912. ' We have often privately recommended this work to seekers after truth who have written to us in perplexity."-Church Monthly, Jan., 1932. " It has done work of an inestimable value in defence of the Christian Faith in the face of every kind of criticism and antagon- ism."-Church Union Gazette, Nov., I931. "It is one of the best books of its class, readable, candid, convincing and thorough. It would be cheering news to hear that it had been widely read."-Church Intelligencer, Oct., I905. " This is the kind of book which strengthens believers and makes converts. It is one which should be placed within the reach of every lad at that period of his life when he begins to think for himself."-The (Church Lads) Brigade, Oct., 1905. 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