A History Of Fortification From 3000 Bc To Ad 1700 PDF Download

Excerpt from Fortification: Its Past Achievements, Recent Development, and Future Progress The original germ from which the present work sprang was an official paper written in 1883, a year after I had made a detailed examination of the effects of the fire of our Mediterranean Fleet upon the defences of Alexandria. The substance of this paper was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution in 1886. Subsequently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.