21 results filtered with: Artillery
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Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.
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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]- Pictures
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A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 16379iPart of: Caricatures politiques- Archives and manuscripts
Artillery: 16th cent.
Date: 1559Reference: MS.87- 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 [sic], 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. With large additions, alterations, and corrections, according to the second London edition. By John Muller, professor of artillery and fortification, and preceptor of engineering, &c. to His Royal Highness the late Duke of Gloucester.
Muller, John, 1699-1784.Date: 1779- Pictures
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Marie de Medici dressed in warlike form as Minerva, goddess of arts. Engraving by J.B. Massé, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: 1708Reference: 26163iPart of: Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg.- Archives and manuscripts
Feuer-Buech
Date: 1584Reference: MS.272- Books
Recueil de plusieurs machines militaires et feux artificiels pour la guerre & recreation : auec l'alphabet de Trittemius par laquelle chacun qui sçait escrire peut promptement composer congruement en latin, aussi le moyen d'escrire la nuict á son amy absent / de la diligence de Iean Appier dit Hanzelet, chalcographe et de François Thybourel, me. chyrurgien.
Thybourel, François, active 1620.Date: 1620- 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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Tracts, mathematical and philosophical. By Charles Hutton, ... Vol.1.
Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.Date: 1786- Pictures
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Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1729Reference: 25664i- Pictures
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Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
Schut, Cornelis, 1597-1655.Reference: 25792iPart of: Septem artes liberales- Pictures
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A battlefield littered with corpses of soldiers and carcasses of horses during a fierce cavalry battle. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44108i- Books
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Memoire sur le prix de la pension & des exercices qui se donnent à l'École de Mathématiques et des Sciences relatives au Génie et a l'Artillerie, du fauxbourg S. Jacques, derriere l'Observatoire, / Par le Sieur Bouffer, Professeur.
Bouffer, active 1766.Date: [c.1766]- Books
The unpublished writings of Tobias Mayer / by Eric G. Forbes.
Mayer, Tobias, 1723-1762.Date: 1972- Pictures
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American soldiers loading artillery; analogous to the ravages of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988.Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]Reference: 10496i- Pictures
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Elizabeth Gunning astride a cannon firing by the pen of her mother a blast of forged letters at the facade of Blenheim - which a figure defends with a blast of excrement - the Duchess of Bedford offers her petticoat as cover while General Gunning retreats from the battlefield; representing the Gunning scandal. Etching by J. Gillray, 1791.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 5 March 1791Reference: 12177i- Pictures
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Truth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614.Date: 1622Reference: 26703iPart of: XL Emblemata miscella nova- Pictures
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Calipers for artillery measurement, with many formulae engraved on them. Engraving by A. Bell.
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École de mathématiques et des sciences relatives au génie et a l'artillerie. / Par le Sieur Bouffer, Professeur de Mathematiques.
Bouffer, active 1766.Date: [1766]- Pictures
The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.
Nessenthaler, Johann David, 1717?-1766.Reference: 26898i