Tents and tent-life from the earliest ages to the present time1858 |
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Tents and Tent-Life from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: To Which Is ... Godfrey Rhodes Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
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14 feet Alfred Adlard ancient Arabs artillery Baron Larrey battalion Bedouins Beni-Amer Braknas BRITISH ARMY buttoned butts called camels camp canvas covering cavalry centre pole circular cloth colours consists constructed curtain described distance Duke of Burgundy encampment ends English entrance fastened Fcap feet long field tent four frame French front ground ground-rope guard tent habitations head hempen canvas hooked horses hospital tent huts hyænas inches in diameter infantry inhabit inside Laplanders laths leather length loops marquee Military Tent Mongous mountains nomadic occupied officers Ostyaks packed pavilion pieces pitched placed pole Post 8vo Quarter Guard rain regiment rein-deer ribs ridge-pole river Romans roof Samoyedes Scythians secured shape side skins sockets soldiers space storm ropes storm-ropes straps straw stretched strong canvas supported Tatar TIERRA DEL FUEGO tion tribes troops Upper Egypt ventilation wall weight wigwams wind wood wooden pegs Yarang yards
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