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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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(inscribed to the British land and sea officers.) The British Mars. Containing several schemes and inventions, to be practised by land or sea against the enemies of Great-Britain. Shewing more plainly, the great advantage Britain has over other nations, by being masters at sea. In Two Parts. Part I. contains. The Construction of Boats both to stow in less room in Ships, and goswiftly, to discover an Enemy's Coast, and to land and embark Troops with greater Safety; also to construct Vessels to lye nearer the Shore, to better protect the Troops in landing or embarking; also rolling Defences to be used as floating Batteries, or as Floats for landing Cannon, &c. and for making Defences and Batteries on Shore more expeditiously, and for filling up Ditchee, &c. Also contains a Method to fit old Ships of War and small floating Batteries, to batter land Defences with greater Force; and another Method to fit old Ships of War (that cannot be sunk by Shot) to lye before Batteries and receive the Shot, while other Ships pass by; with Remarks and Observations. Part II. contains Methods to fortify dwelling Houses, that even Women and Children may defend themselves from Indians with small Arms, designed for our Settlements in America, and other Places. Also a new Method of Fortification, and making Batteries. To which is added, an appendix, Containing a Scheme for Manning the British Navy, with less Grievance to the Subject; And a Scheme to employ Seamen: Of a Copper Mine near Hudson's Bay: And of discovering the North-West Passage, or determine there is no such Passage; with Cautions and Directions. By Joseph Robson, engineer. The whole illustrated by eleven plates.
Robson, Joseph.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- 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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The perfection of military discipline, after the newest method; as practiced in England and Ireland, &c. or, the industrious souldier's golden treasury of knowledge in the art of making war. ... To which is added, as a second part, The art of gunnery; or, the complete engineer, ...
Date: 1702- Books
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The military medley, containing the most necessary rules and directions for attaining a competent knowledge of the art: to which is added an explication of military terms, alphabetically digested. By Thomas Simes, Esq; Captain of the Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot.
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.Date: M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]- 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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The theory and construction of fortification. Illustrated with several new designs. By Lieutenant Charles Bisset, Late an Engineer Extraordinary in the Brigade of Engineers which served in the Netherlands in the last War.
Bisset, Charles, 1717-1791.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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A view of universal history, from the creation to the present time. Including an account of the celebrated revolutions in France, Poland, Sweden, Geneva, &c. &c. Together with An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the Late Military Operations; and Other Important Events. By the Rev. J. Adams, A.M. In three volumes. ...
Adams, John, 1750?-1814.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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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 fourth edition, carefully revised & corrected by the original. To which is now added, a treatise of military orders, and the art of Gunnery, or throwing of bombs, balls, &c. To hit any object assign'd. By W. Allingham, master of the Mathematical-School in Channel-Row, Westminster. The whole work illustrated with 32 copper plates.
Allingham, William.Date: 1722- Books
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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 third edition. Carefully revised and corrected by the original. To which is now added, A treatise of military orders, and the Art of Gunnery, or throwing of Bombs, Balls, &c. to hit any Object assign'd. By W. Allingham, Master of the Mathematical-School in Channel-Row, Westminster. The whole work illustrated with 32 copper plates.
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 1633-1707.Date: MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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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 fifth edition, carefully revised and corrected by the original. To which is 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.XLVIII. [1748]- Books
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Geometrical and graphical essays, containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective; with many new problems, illustrative of each branch. By George Adams, Mathematical - Instrument Maker to his Majesty, and Optician to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Adams, George, 1750-1795.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
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Authentic copy of the proceedings of a general Court Martial, held at the Horse-Guards, on Tuesday the 9th of November, 1784, And continued by adjournments to friday the 12th of the fame month, on Hugh Debbieg, Esq. one of the colonels of the Corps of Engineers; on two charges exhibited by His Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, &c.
Debbieg, Hugh.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
Pharmacopoeia Bartleiana, or, Bartlet's gentleman farrier's repository, of elegant and approved remedies for the diseases of horses / in two books, containing, I. the surgical; II. the medical part of practical farriery : also, directions for the proper treatment of post chaise and other horses after violent exercise ... To which are now added, Mr. Clover's elegant and useful machine for securing the broken legs of horses without slinging; also, Mr. Goodall's pneumatic engine, for fumigating horses with broken wind, or bad coughs.
Bartlet, J. (John), 1716?-1772.Date: 1773- Books
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Military reflections on the attack and defence of the city of London; Proved by the Author to have been the most vulnerable Part of Consequence in the whole Island, in the Situation it was left in the Year 1794. to which is added, reflections on the loss of Plymouth or Harwich, and on the greater safety of Portsmouth. -Desultory Invasions in various Parts. - District where 3000 men may land, occupy, and maintain for a considerable Time against the whole Force of Britain. - That celebrated Officer, General Lloyd's Abilities and System used in the Defence of the Capital, and his general System on the Defence of Rivers applied to the Thames. - Treatise on Floating Batteries and Gallies. - Treatise on Riflemen, Sharp Shooters, Jaegers, and Chasseurs; the Utility of them in all Countries, and the particular Want of them in this Country and the British Army. - Remarks on Landguard and Tilbury Forts, and other Fortifications. - --Reflections on the Dearness of Bread. - --Proposals how the laborious and industrious Poor might be supplied with Bread at a moderate Price in Times of Scarcity. - --Improper Application of His Majesty's generous Donation of one Pound and a Half of Bread per Day to the Soldier, and how it ought to be applied. - --Including general Remarks on the whole Island. By Lieut. Col. George Hanger. Most respectfully addressed to the Right Hon. Thomas Skinner, Lord Mayor of London.
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824.Date: 1795- Books
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Their Majesties and the whole of the Royal Family have been graciously pleased to patronize Mr. Stockdale's publication of Chauchard's maps of Germany, Italy, &c. On sixteen large sheets, nine seet by eight; together with a reduction of the whole on three large sheets, four feet six inches by two feet nine inches, and twenty-four Plans of Cities. By subscription will be published, Price, to Subscribers, only Three Guineas, or, to Non-Subscribers, Five Guineas, A general map of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, and the northern part of Italy. By Captain Chauchard, Military engineer to the count d'Artois. Published by John Stockdale, Piccadilly.
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Address to the sovereigns of Europe etc. etc. In two parts. By Obadia Prim. Part second. The first part contains an Appeal to the Sovereigns of Europe, to Proprietors, Merchants and all Well - wishers of social order - with a sketch of the Conduct of the Legislators of France during the Revolution. The second part contains a Letter to Bnonaparte on his Military and Political Conduct - To which are annexed I0 The principles of morality as decreed and acknowledged by the different legislative bodies of France. II0 A summary, in order of dates, of the most remarkable crimes committeed since the beginning of the Revolution - a table of the contributions, requisitions, forced loans etc.
Winsor, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830.Date: [1798]- Books
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The proceedings of a general court martial, Held at the Horse-Guards, On Tuesday the 9th of November, 1784, And continued by Adjournments to Friday the 12th of the same Month, on Hugh Debbieg, Esq. One of the Colonels of the Corps of Engineers; On two Charges Exhibited by His Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, &c.
Debbieg, Hugh.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Mathematicks made plain, In the Solution of Variety Of Useful Propositions in Arithmetick. Interest, Simple and Compound. Geometry. Surveying. Gauging. Measuring all Artificers Works. Trigonometry, Plain and Spherical. Astronomy. Geography. Navigation. Dialling. Chronology. Dioptricks. Staticks. Gunnery. Military Fortification. Civil and Naval Architecture. Mechanick Powers. Automaticks, or Clock-Work, &c. All Perform'd by that Excellent Line of Numbers, commonly call'd Gunter's-Line. Being A necessary Companion for Gentlemen, Military Officers, Engineers, Architects, Seamen, Surveyors, Usurers, Shopkeepers of all sorts; Artificers, as Masons, Bricklayers, Carpenters, Shipwrights, Watch-Makers, Glaziers, Painters, Plaisterers, &c. By Richard Neve, Philomath. Approv'd of by the Royal Society.
Neve, Richard.Date: 1708- Books
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The bengal calendar & register, for the year one thousand seven hundred & ninety; containing complete and accurate lists of the Honorable East India Company's servants, on the Bengal establishment, Upon a New and more Exte five Plan than any ever before published in India: comprehending complete views and details of the civil & military establishments, &c. &c. &c. The Whole diligently Compiled and Arranged from proper and authentio Documents To which is added a list of the British European subjects, resident in Calcutta, and the several Districts of the Country; also, the marine department - public banks - insurance companies -Houses Of Agency, and Merchants Of Different Nations, Established in Calcutta-Tables shewing the Pay, Batta, and other Allowances of the Army: &c. &c. &c.
Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]- Books
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Copy of the proceedings of a general court martial, held at the Horse-Guards, for the trial of Colonel Hugh Debbieg, of the Corps of Royal Engineers; on three charges, exhibited against him, by Charles, Duke of Richmond, &c. Master General Of His Majesty's Ordnance. To Which IS Added, Copies of the Opening of the Charges, and of the Reply to the Defence, as delivered by the Duke of Richmond at the Trial; of which only short Minutes were entered in the Proceedings of the Court Martial. Also, The Sentence; As directed, by His Majesty, to be issued in General Orders.
Debbieg, Hugh.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The newcastle sportsmen; or, a race to hell! between three noted characters of the present day, viz. A hipocritical and debauched Clergyman, A cruel Military Man, and A religious Corn Dealer, a Monopolizer of Provisions, and a Starver of the Poor; with a postscript. A satire. By Thomas Houston. Likewise, a love elegy; with three odes; Intended as Hints to such as will take them, by his learned friend, Cuthbert Cudgel, Esq.
Houston, Thomas, 1777-1803.Date: [1800]- Books
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A statement submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Desbarres, for consideration. Respecting his services, from the year 1755, to the present Time-in the Capacity of an Officer and Engineer during the War of 1756. - The utility of his surveys and publications of the Coasts and Harbours of North America, intituled, The Atlantic Neptune. - and his proceedings and conduct as Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Colony of Cap Breton.
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824.Date: 1795?]- Books
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The Perfection of military discipline[,] after the newest method; as practiced in England and Ireland, &[c.] or, The industrious souldier's golden treasury of knowledge in the art of making war. Containing, instructions for the exercising the pike and musket in all their postures, with the signs of the drum, by its beating the several points of war the exercise of grenadiers, horse, and dragoons: the explanation of the words of command, and how to be put in practice: the manner of drawing up in severa[l] forms of battel: the various firings and advantages to be gained th[ere]by: the several doublings, wheeling and dra... of battalions, squadrons of horse, &c. with the ...duct of armies in open, or enclosed contries, ... any occasion or emergency, how the detach... and officers, &c. ought to carry themselves. Ways of encampment; opening difficult passes, castles, passing bridges, opposing town, or fortresses. The method to be observed in garisons, and the manner of fortification, with that of besieging strong holds, &c. To which is added, as a second part, The art of gunnery; or, The complete engineer, shewing the practice of the ordnance, mortars, &c. with the manner of making and using fire-works for war, at sea and land.
Date: 1701- Books
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A catalogue of books, Including the libraries of the following gentlemen, lately deceased, viz. Francis Hiorne, Esq; F. A. S. of Warwick; The Reverend Thomas Osborne, D. D. Rector of Clifton, Bedfordshire. Henry Brooker. Esq; late Keeper of the Records in the Augmentation Office; Marmaduke Overend, Esq; of Chiswick; The Collection of Books of Architecture of Kenton Couse, Esq; late of the Board of Works; And the Medical Library of a Physician, who has left Practice: Also a singular Assemblage of Old English Poetry and Plays. Amongst others equally valuable are Military and Religious Orders, 800 Drawings, in colours, 8 vol. Morocco Antichita D'ercolano, 8 vol. Russ. Hodges's Views in India, on silk paper Piranesi's Works, 17 vol. Russ. Vitrovius Britannicus, 5 vol. large paper Atlantic Neptune, by Des Barres, 4 vol. Merian's Views, 11 vol. Graevius, Gronovius, & Burmann. 70 vol. Hill's Vegetable System, 26 vol. Seba Thesaur. Rer. Natur. 4 vol. Russ. Catesby's Carolina, 2 vol. coloured Weinman's Flowers and Fruits, 8 vol. do. Merian's Surinam Insects, ditto. Merian's European Insects, 3 vol. coloured by the Author Martyn, Born and Knott's Shells, ditto. Cramer, Ernst, Wilkes and Harris's Moths and Flies, ditto Sepp, Rosell, and Stoll's Insects, ditto Edwards, Lewin, Seligman and Brown's Birds, ditto Scheffer's Birds, Insects, &c. 12 vol. ditto Miller and Plenck's Plants, 4 vol. ditto Knott's Petrifactions, 4 vol. ditto Petiveri Opera, 3 vol. Moracco Morisoni Hist. Plant. 2 vol. ditto Salvianus de Piscibus Cowper, Albinus, Hunter and Smellie Biblia Polyglotta Waltoni, 8 vol. Russ. Biblia Polyglotta, Montani, 8 vol. Kennicol's Bible, and Woide's Test. 3 vol. Erasmi Opera, 11 vol. Lactantius, 1468-T. Aquinas, 1469 V. Max. Spira, 1471-Plinius Jenson, 1472 Herodotus, 1474-Diog. Laertius, 1475 Astronomi Veteres, ap. Aldum Breydenback Peregrinationes - 1486 Caesaris Comment. Clarkii, Morocco Platonis Opera, Serrani, 3 vol. ditto Doleti Comment. Ling. Lat. 2 vol. Russ. Stephani Thesaur. Gr. 6 vol. - Ducange & Carpentier Gloss. 10 vol. Meninski, Golii & Giggaei Lexicon Encyclopedie, 33 tom. - Paris Moutfaucon, & Supplem. 15 t. gr. papier. Fables de la Fontaine, 4 tom. ditto Polyphih Hypnerotomachia - Ald. Speculum Salvationis, MS. Domesday Book, 2 vol. Russia State Trials, 11 vol. large paper, Russ. Froissart and Hollinshed's Chronicles, ib. Drake's York, and Harris's Kent. l. paper Stukeley's Stonehenge and Abury, 2 vol. Edmondson's Peerage, 6 vol. Nisbet's System of Heraldry, 2 vol. Various Heraldical Manuscripts Purchas and Hackluyt's Voyages Montfaucon in English, 7 vol. large paper Shakspeare, 1st, 2d and 3d edit. Caxton's History of Troy Boke of Faytes and Armes, Caxton The Book of St. Albons, MS. Spectator, Tatler and Guardian, 6 vol. orig. edit. Prevost, Recueil des Voyages, 26 tom. Harding's Bandello, 3 vol. large paper Tacitus, Brotier, 4 vol. cb. max. Aristides, a Jebb, 2 vol. ditto Silius Italicus, Drakenborch, ditto Ovidius Burmanni, 4 vol. ditto Horatius Bentleii, ditto Elziver Classics, 93-vol. Morocco Painter's Palace of Pleasure, 2 vol. Political State of Great Britain, 60 vol. Parliamentary Debates, &c. 136 vol. which are now selling, 1791 (for ready Money) By Thomas and John Egerton, (successors to Mr. Millan) at the Military Library, Whitehall. - The full Value given for Libraries.
Thomas and John Egerton.Date: 1791]