Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
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Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war,: in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition
Military education
Plate, No. 1, 8 “
1st Section: Fortifications on level ground.--Principal graphical
constructions of the front on level ground according to particular
data given to each Student
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Plate, No. 2, 28 “
Complete projection of the whole of the visible and underground
parts of the same front,
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Three profiles of the front,
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Memoir, 6 “
Description of the principles of the Fortification, with a
detailed discussion of the dispositions adopted in the particular
case treated by the Students.
Plate 3, 20 “
2d Section: Fortification on hilly ground.--Drawing of the ideal
fortress and of its Tête-du-pont, with the interior entrenchments,
inundation, sluices, and all necessary details to enable a proper
comprehension to be had of the action of the water.
Drawing complete of one of the fronts of the place and its
outworks, described by a particular programme. Defilement of all
the works of this front and of the masonry of one of its faces,
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Memoir, 3 “
On the situation of the fortification; description of the
imaginary fortress, and of the management of the water;
explanation of the operations of defilement drawn on Plate 3.
Plate 4, (Artillerie.) 10 “
Plan and profile of a full revetment of the escarp with its
counterforts,
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Plan, profiles, and elevation of a revetment “en décharge.”
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Detail of a gallery and small chamber of a mine, of its tamping
and mode of firing,
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Plate 4, (Engineers.) 20 “
Detailed project of one of the parts of the front of fortification
defiladed in Plate 3. Plans at different height; disposition of
the galleries and small chambers of mines required for blowing up
the whole of the ground between two listening galleries.
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Plate 5, 10 “
Sections and elevations of the preceding project. Foundations,
coping of vaults, dressing of cut stones, &c.,
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Detail of a small gallery and chamber of a mine, comprised in
the dispositions of Plate 4. Tamping and mode of firing.
Avant, 3 “
Abstractions of measurement of a part of the preceding project,
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Plate 6, 11 “
Study of the alterations in the earth of the same part of the
projects, representing the four principal periods of the work,
by a plan and section, with an elevation of the 4th period,
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Memoir, 2 “
General theory of the removal of earth. Application to a
particular project,
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Register, 3 “
Register of the removal of earth as represented in Plate 6.
Estimate, 1 “
Estimate of the part of the project to which the abstraction of
measurements has been applied.
3d Section: Projection of the improvement of an existing
fortified place.
Plate 7, 30 “
Complete projection of the project for improving an existing
fortified place,
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