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Cavalry passing mountain river, Afghanistan. Watercolour.

Reference

27054i

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.

Date

M.DCC.LVII. [1757]

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

16379i

Artillery: 16th cent.

Date

1559

Reference

MS.87

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.

Date

1779

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.

Date

1708

Reference

26163i

Feuer-Buech

Date

1584

Reference

MS.272

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.

Date

1620

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.

Date

1768

Tracts, mathematical and philosophical. By Charles Hutton, ... Vol.1.

Date

1786

Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

Date

1729

Reference

25664i

Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

Reference

25792i

A battlefield littered with corpses of soldiers and carcasses of horses during a fierce cavalry battle. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

Date

[1730]

Reference

44108i

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.

Date

[c.1766]

The unpublished writings of Tobias Mayer / by Eric G. Forbes.

Date

1972

American soldiers loading artillery; analogous to the ravages of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

Date

[between 1940 and 1949?]

Reference

10496i

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.

Date

5 March 1791

Reference

12177i

Truth represented as the word of God assailed by persecution, superstition, tradition, betrayal and violence. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Date

1622

Reference

26703i

Calipers for artillery measurement, with many formulae engraved on them. Engraving by A. Bell.

Reference

47030i

École de mathématiques et des sciences relatives au génie et a l'artillerie. / Par le Sieur Bouffer, Professeur de Mathematiques.

Date

[1766]

The goddess Diana presiding over military figures representing the choleric temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.

Reference

26898i