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Page 113
To a large extent , the Crown simply nationalised all that expertise which had pre- viously been engaged in ecclesiastical construc- tion and maintenance . Certainly much stone- work came from that source . The country learned very ...
To a large extent , the Crown simply nationalised all that expertise which had pre- viously been engaged in ecclesiastical construc- tion and maintenance . Certainly much stone- work came from that source . The country learned very ...
Page 155
Warehouses , stores and workshops all had to be designed and constructed for the accumula- tion and maintenance of reserve stockpiles of equipment and supplies at every level of military administration , from army command downwards .
Warehouses , stores and workshops all had to be designed and constructed for the accumula- tion and maintenance of reserve stockpiles of equipment and supplies at every level of military administration , from army command downwards .
Page 165
Far above , fed by ammunition hoists , and controlled from separate command posts receiving reports from observa- tion bunkers , were the steel cupolas , both fixed and disappearing types being mounted in rein- forced concrete glacis .
Far above , fed by ammunition hoists , and controlled from separate command posts receiving reports from observa- tion bunkers , were the steel cupolas , both fixed and disappearing types being mounted in rein- forced concrete glacis .
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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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