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An introduction to marine fortification and gunnery, in two parts. Containing, first, every thing necessary for a Sea-Officer to know in the branch of fortification. Secondly, every useful part of gunnery, laid down and explained in so simple a manner, that it is adapted to the meanest capacity. Illustrated with several copper plates. By J.P. Ardesoif, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy.
Ardesoif, John Plummer, -1790.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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The field engineer; or instructions upon every branch of field fortification: ... with plans and explanatory notes. Translated from the fourth edition of the German original of J.G. Tielke, ... by Edwin Hewgill, ...
Tielke, Johann Gottlieb, 1731-1787.Date: 1789- Books
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A treatise containing the elementary part of fortification, regular and irregular. With remarks on the constructions of the most celebrated authors, particularly of Marshal De Vauban and Baron Coehorn, in which the perfection and imperfection of their several works are considered. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich. Illustrated with thirty-four copper plates. The fifth edition. By John Muller, professor of artillery and fortification.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: M,DCC,XCIX. [1799]- Books
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The military history of Great Britain, for 1756, 1757. Containing a letter from an English officer at Canada, taken prisoner at Oswego. Exhibiting the cruelty and infidelity of the French, and their savage Indians, in Times of Peace and War. Shewing Their superior Advantages, and the only Means of Redress. Impartially delineating the present State of our Colonies in America, with some Hints for their future Regulation. Also, a journal of the siege of Oswego, the articles of capitulation. With a particular Table of their Inhabitants. Likewise of the loss and retaking of Bengall. A journal of the siege of St. Philip's in Minorca. With a Plan of the Fortification of St. Philip's its Environs, &c.
Date: 1757- Books
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A treatise of artillery: containing I. General constructions of brass and iron guns used by sea and land, and their Carriages. II. General Constructions of Mortars and Howitzes, their Beds and Carriages. III. Dimensions of all Carriages used in Artillery. IV. Exercise of the Regiment at Home, and Service Abroad in a Siege or Battle. V. Its March and Encampment, Ammunition, Stores, and Horses. VI. Lastly, The necessary Laboratory Work for Fire-Ships, &c. To which is prefixed an introduction, with a theory of powder applied to fire-arms. The second edition, with large additions, alterations, and corrections. By John Muller, Professor of Artillery and Fortification, And Preceptor of Engineering, &c. to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: 1768- Books
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The universal library: or, compleat summary of science. Containing above sixty select treatises. In two volumes. I. Of Theology, Philosophy, Metaphysicks, Ethicks, Oeconomy, Religion, Games used at Ancient Festivals, Cosmography, Elements, Geography, Hydrography, Travel, Government, Chronology, History, Laws, Coins, Medals, Weights and Measures, Meteors, Rarities, Mankind in the Different Sexes of Men and Women, Physick, Chyrurgery, Chymistry, Cookery and Dyet. II. Of Animals, Vegetables and Agriculture, Gems, Metals, Grammar and Languages, Hieroglyphicks, Poetry, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Arithmetick, Geometry, Architecture, Surveying, Gauging, Dyalling, Navigation; The Military Art, Fortification, Gunnery, Astronomy, Astrology, Augury, Magick, Mathematical Magick, Dreams and Apparitions, Heraldry, Painting, Colours and Dying, Opticks, Angling, Fowling, Inventions, Ignorance in the Ancients, and Errors among the People. With Divers Secrets, Experiments and Curiosities therein.
Curzon, H. (Henry).Date: 1712- Books
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The universal Library: or, compleat summary of science. Containing above sixty select treatises. I. Of Theology, Philosophy, Metaphysicks, Ethicks, Oeconomy, Religion, Games used at Ancient Festivals, Cosmography, Elements, Geography, Hydrography, Travel, Government, Chronology, History, Laws, Coins, Medals, Weights and Measures, Meteors, Rarities, Mankind in the Different Sexes of Men and Women, Physick, Chyrurgery, Chymistry, Cookery and Dyet. II. Of Animals, Vegetables and Agriculture, Gems, Metals, Grammar and Languages, Hieroglyphicks, Poetry, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Arithmetick, Geometry, Architecture, Surveying, Gauging, Dyalling, Navigation; The Military Art, Fortification, Gunnery, Astronomy, Astrology, Augury, Magick, Mathematical Magick, Dreams and Apparitions, Heraldry, Painting, Colours and Dying, Opticks, Angling, Fowling, Inventions, Ignorance in the Ancients, and Errors among the People. With Divers Secrets, Experiments and Curiosities therein. In two volumes.
Curzon, H. (Henry).Date: 1722- Books
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Syllabus of a course of lectures on fortification and gunnery. By James Dinwiddie, A.M.
Dinwiddie, James.Date: Printed in the year M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Archives and manuscripts
'The effects of dietary iron fortification on haemoglobin values in Mauritius', report for WHO, Jul 1965
Date: July 1965Reference: PP/FAK/B/4/3Part of: Foy, Henry (1900-1991), and Kondi, Athena (d.1994), Haematologists and nutrition researchers- Pictures
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A Turkish army taking a town fortification mutilating, flaying and disembowelling their enemies behind the lines. Etching.
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A treatise on billiards, with instructions and rules for the following games; viz. the white winning game. The white losing game. The Red or Carambole Winning Game. The Red Losing Game. Fortification Billiards, with Rules and Regulations for every Method of playing the Game. Comprehending The original Rules, regulated as they are now played, and more fully explained and enlarged; with Directions for the Conduct of the Players and of the Betters, &c. never before published. To which are added, The Common Odds which are laid on the Hazards, as well as on the Game at Billiards, from One Point being given, to Six, inclusive. By John Dew, a marker, Well known to be experienced in the practical as well as theoretical Parts of Billiards, upwards of Thirty Years.
Dew, John.Date: 1779- Books
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The field engineer. Translated from the French of M. le Chevalier de Clairac, by Captain Charles Vallancey. To which are added, remarks on Marshal Saxe's new system of fortification, Proposed in his Reveries, or Memoirs on the Art of War.
Clairac, Louis André de la Mamie, chevalier de, 1690-1752.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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A treatise of artillery: Containing I. General constructions of brass and iron guns used by sea and land, and of their carriages. II. General constructions of mortars and howitzes, their beds and carriages. III. The dimensions of all other kinds of carriages used in the artillery. IV. The exercise of the regiment at home, and its service abroad in a siege or a battle. V. Its march and encampment; ammunition, stores, and horses. VI. Lastly, the necessary laboratory work. To which is prefixed, a theory of powder applied to fire-arms. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery. By John Muller, professor of artillery and fortification.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: M.DCC.LVII. [1757]- Books
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The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With all the necessary tables. To which is added, A treatise of marine fortification. ... In two volumes. By J. Robertson, ...
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: 1754- Books
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The new method of fortification. Translated from the original Dutch, of the late famous engineer, Minno Baron of Koehoorn, general of the Artillery and lieutenant general of the Infantry of the states of Holland; governour of Flanders and of the Fortresses on the Scheld, &c. By Tho. Savery gent.
Coehoorn, Menno, baron van, 1634-1704.Date: MDCCV. [1705]- Books
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The young student's memorial book, or pocket library: containing, I. The rudiments of logarithms, decimals, and algebra, in great Variety of Rules and Cases. II. A very large Collection of Theorems and Canons for solving Questions and Problems in the various Parts of Arithmetic, Algebra, and Fluxions. III. Rules, Theorems and Canons, resolving all the useful and common Problems in the Mathematical and Mechanical Arts and Sciences; viz. Mensuration, Gauging, Conies, Plain and Spherical Trigonometry, Navigation, Fortification, Gunnery, Astronomy, Dialling, Optics, Perspective, Architecture, Mechanics, Geometry, &c. IV. A large Collection of Mathematical Tables: serving to various Purposes of Arithmetic, Astronomy, Geography, Chronology, &c. with a Perpetual Almanack, adjusted to the present Year, 1735. V. An Apparatus of the common Mathematical Lines, for the Operation of any Question or Problem, as is perform'd by the Plain Scale, &c. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1736- Books
Protein fortification of foods : [proceedings of the Seminar / organised by the Association of Food Technologists, Eastern Regional Branch on 15-16 February, 1969 at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.].
Seminar on Protein Fortification of Foods (1969 : Jadavpur University, Calcutta)Date: 1969- Books
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition : eighth report food fortification, protein-calorie malnutrition Geneva, Switzerland, 9-18 November 1970.
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Nutrition.Date: 1971- Books
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Traité de fortification contenant les méthodes anciennes & modernes pour la construction & la deffense des places / ... Par M. Ozanam,...
Ozanam, Jacques 1640-1717Date: 1694- Books
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Essays on the following subjects: wealth and force of nations, authenticity of Ossian, accompanyment, existence of body, fortification, battle. O By Charles M'kinnon, Esq;
M'Kinnon, Charles, Esq.Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The seaman's vade-mecum, and defensive war by sea: containing, the proportions of rigging, masts and yards, Weight of Anchors, Sizes and Weight of Cables and Cordage. The Exercise of the Small Arms, Bayonet, Granades and Great-Guns, Duty of Officers, &c. Also, shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, by disposing their Bulk-Heads, Leaves, Comings, Look-Holes, &c. Chasing; the Advantages to be taken by the Chase considered under all Positions in Respect to Wind and Tide. Defensive-Fighting; shewing how Merchant-Ships are to act, whether single or in Fleets, when Cannonaded or Boarded by the Enemy. An Epitome of the Art of Gunnery. Naval Fortification; The Advantages of Mooring considered, in respect to Wind and Tide: How to lay Booms in straight or crooked Rivers, with many other Particulars relating to the Navy and Merchant Service. By William Mountaine, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Mountaine, William, -1779.Date: 1744- Books
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The elements of fortification. In two volumes. Containing the construction, attack, and defence of fortified places, regular and irregular. Translated and collected from the works of the most celebrated authors. Together with An Account of Mines, Countermines, and of the Engines and Arms now used in War. To which is prefixed A Compendious Introductory Treatise of Geometry. Volume the first.
Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]- Books
Opera mathematica ou oeuvres mathématiqves traictans de géometrie, perspective, architectvre et fortification / Par Samvel Marolois. De nouveau reueüe, augmentée, et corrigée, par Albert Girard.
Marolois, SamuelDate: 1638- Books
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Opera mathematica ou oeuvres mathématiqves traictans de géometrie, perspective, architectvre et fortification / Par Samvel Marolois. De nouveau reueüe, augmentée, et corrigée, par Albert Girard.
Marolois, Samuel.Date: 1638- Archives and manuscripts
'Hookworm and iron deficiency anaemias in Mauritius - the effects of dietary iron fortification', Society of Protozoologists Special Publications No 1, 1981
Date: 1981Reference: PP/FAK/C/3/82Part of: Foy, Henry (1900-1991), and Kondi, Athena (d.1994), Haematologists and nutrition researchers