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In military architecture as in landscaping and social behaviour the late seventeenth century was a time of ... Most land campaigns during the late seven- teenth and early eighteenth centuries and , to a certain extent , those at sea as ...
In military architecture as in landscaping and social behaviour the late seventeenth century was a time of ... Most land campaigns during the late seven- teenth and early eighteenth centuries and , to a certain extent , those at sea as ...
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Admittedly these sappers are in nineteenth - 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 ...
Admittedly these sappers are in nineteenth - 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 ...
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The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the later years of the eighteenth century . The har- nessing of steam - power and its application to the mechanical processes of manufacture resulted in hitherto unparalleled output of all ...
The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the later years of the eighteenth century . The har- nessing of steam - power and its application to the mechanical processes of manufacture resulted in hitherto unparalleled output of all ...
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| Title | Stronghold: A History of Military Architecture |
| Author | Martin Hubert Brice |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Schocken Books, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0805239383, 9780805239386 |
| Length | 192 pages |
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