Dictionary of Scientific TermsStrahan & Company, 1878 - 325 pages |
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... term Angle is of very ex- tensive application : -Angles are formed by the several lines used in fortifying a place , or making it defensible , and are either real or imaginary ; -Real angles are those which appear in the ERSITY ...
... term Angle is of very ex- tensive application : -Angles are formed by the several lines used in fortifying a place , or making it defensible , and are either real or imaginary ; -Real angles are those which appear in the ERSITY ...
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... fortification , the trenches excavated during a siege , by which the assail- ants can advance to the toot of the walls , under a covered way , without being exposed to the fire of the de- fenders . Apron ( Gael . apran ) , a term of fre ...
... fortification , the trenches excavated during a siege , by which the assail- ants can advance to the toot of the walls , under a covered way , without being exposed to the fire of the de- fenders . Apron ( Gael . apran ) , a term of fre ...
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... fortification , an earthen terrace , raised without a parapet , of sufficient height to enable the gunners to fire with a free range . Bar'botine ( Fr. ) , a vegetable production of the East Indies , the constituents of which are wax ...
... fortification , an earthen terrace , raised without a parapet , of sufficient height to enable the gunners to fire with a free range . Bar'botine ( Fr. ) , a vegetable production of the East Indies , the constituents of which are wax ...
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... fortification , a strong projecting mass of masonry at the angles of a fortified work . - A bastion has two faces , and an opening to- wards the centre , called the gorge . A flat bastion is made in the middle of the curtain , when it ...
... fortification , a strong projecting mass of masonry at the angles of a fortified work . - A bastion has two faces , and an opening to- wards the centre , called the gorge . A flat bastion is made in the middle of the curtain , when it ...
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... fortification , a space of ground between the foot of the ram- part and the side of the moat , to pre- vent the earth from falling down . Ber'oë , in ichthyology , a genus of very minute radiated animals , with glo- bular gelatinous ...
... fortification , a space of ground between the foot of the ram- part and the side of the moat , to pre- vent the earth from falling down . Ber'oë , in ichthyology , a genus of very minute radiated animals , with glo- bular gelatinous ...
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