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The new method of fortification, as practised by Monsieur de Vauban, Engineer-General of France. Together with a new treatise of geometry. The sixth edition, carefully revised and corrected by the original. To which are now added, a treatise of military orders, and the Art of Gunnery, or throwing of Bombs, Balls, &c. to hit any Object assigned. The whole Work illustrated with thirty-two Copper Plates.
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 1633-1707.Date: M.DCC.LXII. [1762]- Books
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Observations on the Duke of Richmond's extensive plans of fortification, And the new works he has been carrying on since these were set aside by the House of Commons in 1786. By the Author of The short essay.
Glenie, James, 1750-1817.Date: 1794- Books
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Instructions patriotiques et militaires, addressées aux anglois, afin de s'opposer aux invasions de l'ennemi, dans les différentes Possessions de sa Majeste', Le Roi de la Grande Bretagne. Précédées de quelques vues nouvelles, relatives à la fortification; soumises au Jugement des Ingénieurs, & des Personnes qui cultivent L'Art de la Guerre. Par un citoyen du monde.
Le Turc, Mr.Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]- Books
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A new system of fortification, constructed with standing timber, &c. or the sentiments of a West-India savage on the art of war. Represented on a copper-plate. Solely meant to prevent the present cruel intended general massacre of the present natives of St. Vincent.
Young, William, Sir, 1725?-1788.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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A military dictionary, explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification and gunnery. Useful For all Persons that read the Publick News, or serve in the Armies, or Militia, for the true understanding the Accounts of Sieges, Battles, and other Warlike Occurrences. By J. W. Esq;
J. W., Esq.Date: [1730?]- Pictures
Malta: view towards Valletta from the Cotonera fortifications. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, c. 1725.
Goupy, Joseph, 1689-1769.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 23535i- Books
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A military dictionary, explaining and describing the technical terms, phrases, works, and machines, used in the science of war; embellished with copper-plates Of All the Common Works used In Military Architecture: AS Well AS The Utensils employed in Attacks and Defence; With References for their Explanation: and an introduction to fortification.
Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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A military dictionary. Explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification, and gunnery. Useful [for all Persons that Read the Publick News, or serve in the Armies, or Militia] for the true understanding the Accounts of Sieges, Battels, and other warlike Expeditions, which daily occur in this Time of Action. The second edition, with additions, and a copper plate, being a general View and Description of the several Parts of Fortification. By an officer, who served several years abroad.
Officer who served Several Years Abroad.Date: Mcdciv [1704]- Books
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The soldier's friend, and traveller's vade mecum; or, A new pocket vocabulary, in six languages, viz. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; Containing all the terms that belong to the military art; words of command; duty signals; evolutions; fortification; gunnery; military implements and utensiles; provisions, and forage. Also, the cardinal, and ordinal numbers; days, months, and seasons; weights, measures; metals; wearing apparel; furniture; diversions, and games; with accurate tables of the coins of most of the european nations, and states; and many words, phrases, and terms that are most frequently made use of in common intercourse: to which are annexed interrogatories, and answers, that might occur in some of the most pressing situations, so arranged, that persons of different countries may communicate their ideas to each other, without having any other knowledge of more than their respective languages. By Capt. James Willson, of the Marines. Dedicated (by permission) to His Royal Highness the Duke of York.
Willson, James, active 1760-1812.Date: M,DCC,XCIX. [1799]- Books
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A Dictionary explaining the most difficult terms made use of in fortification, Gunnery, and the whole compass of the military art. Extracted from the famous M. Vauban and M. Le Blond's fortisications: and also from the celebrated Marshal Feuquier's Military dictionary. To which is prefixed a copper plate, representing all the instruments of war made use of it camps, towns, sieges and fortifications. With every thing necessary to be known by officers, soldiers, historians, and readers of news-papers, as it explains all the words, and every engine, made use of in war.
Date: M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]- Books
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A set of plans and forts in America, reduced from actual surveys. 1765.
Rocque, John, -1762.Date: [1765]- Books
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Manoeuvres, or practical observations on the art of war: containing, Vol. I. 1. The manual exercise. 2. An essay on the command of small detachments. 3. A new system of fortification, by making use of Standing Timber, &c. And General Wolfe's instructions to young officers. Vol. II. 1. Manouvres for a battalion of infantry. 2. Manouvres for a battalion, and brigade of infantry. 3. Manouvres in general, with a short Table, containing above two hundred and forty different Movements. With 62 copper-plates. By Major William Young.
[Young, William, Major (not 1725?-1788)].Date: [1776?]- Books
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A mathematical compendium; or, useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navigation, embattelling, and quartering of armies, fortification and gunnery, gauging and dyalling, etc. Explaining the logarithms, with new indices; Nepair's rods or bones; making of movements, and the application of pendulums; with the projections of the sphere for an universal dyal, &c / [Sir Jonas Moore].
Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679.Date: 1705- Books
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Patriotic and military instructions. Addressed to the people of England, with a view to enable them to defeat the purposes of the enemy, in case of an invasion of any of the possessions of His Majesty. Preceded by some new observations relating to fortification, submitted to the judgement of England, and of ... By a citizen of the world.
Citizen of the world.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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A military dictionary. Explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification, and gunnery. Useful (for all Persons that Read the Publick News, or serve in the Armies, or Militia) for the true understanding the Accounts of sieges, battels, and other warlike expeditions, which daily occur in this Time of Action. By an Officer, who served several years abroad.
Officer, Who Served Several Years Abroad.Date: MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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The attack and defence of fortify'd places. In three parts. Containing, I. Preparations, and different operations of an attack, from the beginning to the end, digested in a regular and easy manner. II. Preparations, and defence of every particular part of a fortification, with every thing necessary for a good defence. III. A treatise of mines, explaining the manner of making and loading them, with tables of their proper charges, deduced from a new theory. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich. By John Muller, professor of artillery and fortification. Illustrated by about thirty large copper-plates.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: 1747- Books
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Cursus mathematicus: or, a compleat course of the mathematicks ... The whole illustrated with near 200 copper plates / Written in French by Monsieur Ozanam ... Now done into English, with additions and corrections by several hands.
Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717.Date: 1712- Books
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A Complete system of the military art, explaining and describing, the technical terms, works and machines, used in the science of war. With an introduction to fortification. Compiled from the best writes on military affairs, viz. Puysequar, Folard, M. Santacruz, Peuquierres, Turpin, M. De Saxe, Desaguliers, Turenne, Vauban, &c. &c. The military treatise of Lewis Lochee, master of the Military Academy, Little Chelses, Captain George Smith, inspector of the Roayl Military Academy at Woolwich; and T. Simes, author of the Military guide &c. &c. and governor of the Hibernian Society for the Orphans and Children of Soldiers. Containing every particulr of military knowledge essential to a practical use of arms, and effective service.
Date: M,DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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An easy introduction to fortification and practical gunnery. Containing, I. Decimal Arithmetic, Extraction of Roots. II. The Laws of Motion; of Gravity. Descent of heavy Bodies. Vibration of Pendulums. III. Geometrical Problems, and some of the most useful Theorems in Geometry demonstrated in a very plain and easy Way. IV. The measuring of Superficies. V. The measuring of Solids. Of the Strength of Beams of Timber, with Rules for cutting Scantlings for Buildings, from Mathematical Principles. VI. The Computation of Balls and Shells. Vii. Logarithmical Arithmetic. Viii. Plane Trigonometry, the Proportion of Sines, Co-Fines, Tangents, &c. With many useful Problems for finding Heights and Distances, &c. copiously handled. IX. Fortification, explaining the Terms, with Rules for fortifying any regular Polygon, from the Square to the Decagon, and all the Sines and Angles computed by Trigonometry, with the Operation at large. X. Gunnery, where the Cases are solved by Addition and Subtraction only, with numeral Examples; the Rules in Words at length, whether the Projections be made on horizontal, or on ascending or descending Planes. The Theory of Projectiles. Tables of Experiments of Cannons and Mortars, with some Observations. The Solution of a Problem to find the Velocity of a Bullet shot from any Piece of Ordnance; with the necessary Tables. The second edition, corrected and very much enlarged. By the Rev. F. Holliday, Minister of Bothamsal, and Master of the Free Grammar-School at Haughton Park, Nottinghamshire.
Holliday, Francis, 1717-1787.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
A new and enlarged military dictionary, or, Alphabetical explanation of technical terms : containing, among other matter, a succinct account of the different systems of fortification, tactics, &c. also the various French phrases and words that have an immediate or relative connection with the British service, or may tend to give general information on military subjects in either language / by Charles James.
James, Charles, -1821.Date: 1802- Books
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The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With the necessary tables. To which is added, A treatise of marine fortification. For the Use of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth, the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, and the Gentlemen of the Navy. In two volumes. The second edition, with several additions. By J. Robertson, F.R.S. Head Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth.
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The whole art of war: Or, A military dictionary. Containing an explication of the terms, and an account of the things signified thereby in fortification, gunnery, &c. The method of encamping an army, besieging of towns, &c. With the qualifications necessary to make a general or commander in chief, to a private centinel. Written by an officer who serv'd in all the wars of the Late King William and Queen Anne.
Officer Who Serv'd in All the Wars of the Late King William and Queen Anne.Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]- Books
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The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With the necessary tables. To which is added, A treatise of marine fortification. Composed for the Use of The Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, The Royal Academy at Portsmouth, And the Gentlemen of the Navy. In Two Volumes. By J. Robertson, Librarian to the Royal Society, Late Master of the Royal Mathematical School Christ's Hospital, London; and afterwards, for more than Eleven Years, Head-Master of the Royal Academy, at Portsmouth.
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A military dictionary. Explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification, and gunnery. The third edition, improv'd. To which is likewise added, a sea-dictionary of all the terms of navigation. Both of them very useful (to all persons that read the publick news, or serve in the army, navy, or militia) for the understanding the accounts of sieges, battels, and other warlike and marine expeditions, which daily occur in this time of action. By officers who serv'd several years at sea and land.
Date: MDCCVIII. [1708]- Books
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A military and sea dictionary. Explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification, and gunnery, and all terms of navigation The fourth edition, improv'd. To which is added, The new exercise of firelocks and bayonets, with Instructions to perform every Motion. Very useful (to all Persons that read the Publick News, or serve in the Army, Militia or Navy,) for the Understanding the Accounts of Sieges, Battels, and other Warlike and Marine Expeditions, which daily occur in this Time of Action. By officers who serv'd several years at land and sea.
Date: MDCCXI. [1711]