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The Royal Engineers Journal The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers . 169 The Air Mapping of the North-West Frontier Capt. D. R. Crone 171 Explorations and Excavations in Palestine .Colonel Sir Charles Close 185 Engineer Orders . Capt. T. H. B. Foott 201 The Collective Training of Mobile A.A. Searchlight Units Lieut.-Colonel M. F. Grove-White 212 The Kincardine-on-Forth Road Bridge . Capt. S. A. Stewart 223 "C..E.S." . ajor C. L. Simpson 241 Skew Guns and Survey-an Answer . "Sterno" 251 Dowsing . Major A. J. Edney 257 A Survey Social . "O.R." 270 Memoirs . 279 Books . 292 Magazines . 00 VOL. L. JUNE, 1936. CHATHAM: THE INSTITUTION ov ROYAL ENGINEBRS, TELEPHONE: CHATHAM, 2669. AGENTS AND PRINTERS: MACKAYS LTD. LONDON: HUGH REBS, LTD., 5, REGzNT STRzET, S.W.X. 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