Excerpt from A Treatise Containing the Elementary Part of Fortification, Regular and Irregular Notwithf'tandmg the art of fortifying irre gular places ls molt ufeful, yet no author whom I know has given the leali hint or di rection whereby to judge of the advantage or difadvantage of the feveral parts of fuch a place: all they have done confifis in giving forne fchemes of their own fancy, and telling us no work ought to be made without being defended by fome other; not confidering, that although the parts defend each other ...
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Excerpt from A Treatise Containing the Elementary Part of Fortification, Regular and Irregular Notwithf'tandmg the art of fortifying irre gular places ls molt ufeful, yet no author whom I know has given the leali hint or di rection whereby to judge of the advantage or difadvantage of the feveral parts of fuch a place: all they have done confifis in giving forne fchemes of their own fancy, and telling us no work ought to be made without being defended by fome other; not confidering, that although the parts defend each other, there may be tome which are mugh {tronger than Others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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