A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Explanation of Technical Terms: Containing, Among Other Matter, a Succinet 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 LanguageT. Egerton at the Military Library, 1805 - 1008 pages |
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... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the B Charles James. ound , a which sense , agger amounts ar with what the ancients called and moles ; the Dutch ...
... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the B Charles James. ound , a which sense , agger amounts ar with what the ancients called and moles ; the Dutch ...
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... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the B Charles James. ANGLE of the ditch , is formed before || the center of the curtain , by the out- ward line of ...
... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the B Charles James. ANGLE of the ditch , is formed before || the center of the curtain , by the out- ward line of ...
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... FORTIFICATION . APPAREILLEUR , Fr. an architect who superintends the workmen in the construction of fortifications , sluices , & c . APPEAL , might formerly have been made , by the prosecutor or prisoner , from the sentence or ...
... FORTIFICATION . APPAREILLEUR , Fr. an architect who superintends the workmen in the construction of fortifications , sluices , & c . APPEAL , might formerly have been made , by the prosecutor or prisoner , from the sentence or ...
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... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative ... fortification . Regular fortification consists in hav- ing all its sides and angles equal among themselves . Irregular ...
... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative ... fortification . Regular fortification consists in hav- ing all its sides and angles equal among themselves . Irregular ...
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... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the B Charles James. || ARQUEBUSE a Croc , an old piece of fire - arm , resembling a musquet , but || which is ...
... Fortification, Tactics, &c. Also the Various French Phrases and Words that Have an Immediate, Or Relative, Connection with the B Charles James. || ARQUEBUSE a Croc , an old piece of fire - arm , resembling a musquet , but || which is ...
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