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Page 245 - A Course of Instruction in the Elements of the Art and Science of War, for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 12mo, cloth $1 .75 Field Fortifications.
Page 245 - THE ART OF WAR. By Baron de Jomini, General and Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Russia. A New Edition, with Appendices and Maps, Translated from the French. By Captain GH Mendell, and Captain WO Craighill. Crown 8vo, pp. 410, cloth. 1879. 9s.
Page 245 - Engineer Department, No. 9, containing Reports of numerous Experiments conducted in New York City during the years 1858 to 1861, inclusive.
Page 245 - OF MILITARY BRIDGES, in Use by the United States »•-} Army ; those adopted by the Great European Powers ; and such as are employed in British India. With Directions for the .Preservation, Destruction, and Re-establishment of Bridges.
Page 245 - Including also Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for Military Railroads, adapted especially to the wants of the Service of the United States. By HERMAN HAUPT, Brig.-Gen. in charge of the Construction and Operation of the US Military Railways, Author of " General Theory of Bridge Construction,
Page 245 - TREATISE ON GRAND MILITARY OPERATIONS. Illustrated •*• by a Critical and Military History of the Wars of Frederick the Great. With a summary of the most important principles of the Art of War. By BARON DE JOMINI. Illustrated by Maps and Plans.
Page 245 - Fully illustrated. $2.50. CONTENTS.— CHAP. I. Ordnance. II. Shot and Shell. III. Artillery Carriages. IV. Machines, etc., for Siege and Garrison Service. V. Artillery Implements and Equipments. VI. Artillery Harness and Cavalry Equipments. VII. Paints, Lackers, etc.
Page 246 - Engineers' Companion. The Office and Cabin Companion for Engineers and Officers of Steam Vessels, consisting of observations, rules, and tables to facilitate such Calculations as Naval Officers and Engineers are called upon to make, by J. SIMOND HOLLAND, second edition, I2mo, cloth, 3^. Engineers
Page 245 - Harbour in 1863, comprising the Descent upon Morris Island, the Demolition of Fort Sumter, the Reduction of Forts Wagner and Gregg, with Observations on Heavy Ordnance, Fortifications, etc.