10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TERREPLEIN»
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terreplein in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Treatises on geometrical drawing: on the arms in use: on ...
Traverses. on the inner side of it to enfilade the terreplein. Some Engineers place
their batteries a short distance within the prolongations of the crests, to take the
parapets in reverse, and this may always be done when the prolongations fall on
...
Woolwich roy. military acad,
1843
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Papers on Geometrical Drawing: On the Arms in Use and ...
An Elevated Battery is that of which the interior, or terreplein, is on the surface of
the ground, the whole of the parapet being raised above it, and the earth taken
from a ditch in front. A Sunken Battery is that of which the terreplein is sunk 3 feet
...
Joseph Ellison Portlock,
1858
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Treatise on Fortification; or lectures delivered to Officers ...
Each man requiring 15 square feet, the area of the terreplein should measure 15
x 350 : 5250 square feet. The mass of earth (traverse) usually erected to FIo. 207.
[ll cover the passage, for the ingress and egress of the garrison, absorbs l000 ...
Auguste Frédéric LENDY,
1862
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Summary of the course of permanent fortification
The communication with the work behind the demilune cut-is- by a postern and
stairs for .infantry, which lead^from. point on the ramp just described to the
terreplein of the work — passing in a winding direction under, the terreplein* and
...
The terreplein will need extensive repairs and remodelling to fit it for the
reception of the new armament of increased calibie. Other numerous repairs are
necessary in different parts of the work. Balance in treasury October 1, 1857
$11,000 00 ...
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Wars of the Age of Louis Xiv, 1650-1715
The terreplein was built as the main platform for defensive cannon, and to
accommodate heavy artillery it was wide and nearly flat,with only a gentle
rearward slope to ease runoff. By the 18th century, its standard dimensions
permitted ...
7
Course of Military Instruction Orginally Composed for the ...
duced, and the back of the terreplein of the right face of that work: and produce
backwards the top of the above ramp, until it meets the said bisecting line. 118.
From the point\of intersection, thus found, as a center, describe an arc,
commencing ...
Sir Charles William Pasley,
1817
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The United Service Magazine
But, for inquiry's sake, let us suppose a faussebraie applied to a work having a
ditch in its front of 24 feet depth beneath the horizontal level of the ground, and
that the terreplein of the faussebraie be on that level. If we then give to its parapet
a ...
Arthur William Alsager Pollock,
1839
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The Theory of Field-fortification
level with the surrounding country, so that their command might be taken as the
measure of the requisite height of their parapet ; but if we now suppose that the
terreplein of a work is elevated three feet above the country,, it is evident that ...
Charles Stanislas de Malortie de Martemont,
1834
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The United Service Magazine
But, for inquiry's sake, let us suppose a faussebraie applied to a work having a
ditch in its front of 24 feet depth beneath the horizontal level of the ground, and
that the terreplein of the faussebraie be on that level. If we then give to its parapet
a ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TERREPLEIN»
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Nieuwe Albert Heijn Terreplein Tholen gaat open
THOLEN - Vanaf woensdag tot en met zaterdag zijn er speciale acties en proeverijen rondom de nieuwe Albert Heijn aan het Terreplein in Tholen. Deze 1500 ... «PZC, Jun 14»