Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 115
... century was a time of codification and formalism . From now on the story of military architecture becomes a babel of technical terms and bizarre geometry , as can be seen in the accompanying illustrations from an old work on ...
... century was a time of codification and formalism . From now on the story of military architecture becomes a babel of technical terms and bizarre geometry , as can be seen in the accompanying illustrations from an old work on ...
Page 120
... century uniform , but the technique was the same from the fifteenth century to the First World War . over the Spanish Netherlands ( 1667-8 ) , the Dutch War ( 1672-8 ) , the War of the League of Augsburg ( 1688-97 ) , and the War of the ...
... century uniform , but the technique was the same from the fifteenth century to the First World War . over the Spanish Netherlands ( 1667-8 ) , the Dutch War ( 1672-8 ) , the War of the League of Augsburg ( 1688-97 ) , and the War of the ...
Page 144
... century . The har- nessing of steam - power and its application to the mechanical processes of manufacture resulted in hitherto unparalleled output of all types of weapons and equipment . Thousands of cannon , muskets , uniforms ...
... century . The har- nessing of steam - power and its application to the mechanical processes of manufacture resulted in hitherto unparalleled output of all types of weapons and equipment . Thousands of cannon , muskets , uniforms ...
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