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Container Reference (shelfmark) Kings MS 1-446

171. Kings MS 254

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Kings MS 254
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'STUDIO delle fortificationi et artiglierie dell'Alfiere Antonio Matteo Lancisi, alla Santità di nostro Signore Papa Clemente Xl ' [1700-1721], in a series of sixteen coloured plans (the last two representing artillery). F. 8 is the ' Pianta della fortezza di Ferrara '. The Pope's arms appear on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

172. Kings MS 255

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Kings MS 255
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'TRAITÉ DES SIÉGES sur l'attaque et la deffense des places fortes', &c. : another copy of Vauban's work (the title giving the date of his death wrongly as 1727), cf. King'S 250, 251. The text of the Défense section (beg. f. 104) is (as in De Hondt's edition) almost entirely spurious, being t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

173. Kings MS 256

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Kings MS 256
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'NOUVELLE THÉORIE sur la Science des Mines', by Bernard Forest de Bélidor; followed (f. 28) by 'Epreuves de mines et contremines faites par Mr. de Belidor proche le chateau de Bisy les 18 et 19 Juin 1753', and (f. 30) by copy of a letter to M. de Bélidor from Frederic the Great, King of Prussia,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

174. Kings MS 257-258

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Kings MS 257-258
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TREATISE on fortification, described (vol. i, f. 1) as 'Mémoire où l'on examine de quelle manière il convient de disposer les ouvrages d'un Front de Fortification'. Two volumes, vol. ii. containing the forty-one coloured plans. The name of the author, [Louis] de Cormontaigne (d. 1752), appears at the head of two anonymous supplements (vol. i, ff. 110, 143), each of which is described as 'Continuation du premier mémoire de Cormontaigne', and in the title of vol. ii, 'Plans et tracez apartenan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
2 items

175. Kings MS 259

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Kings MS 259
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'TRAITTÉ des fortifications ou elemens de la guerre' : an imperfect draft, partially corrected (to f. 70), ending 'Fin du premier liure de la fortiffication reguliere'. The anonymous author reviews previous writers down to Vauban, whom in the main he appears to follow. There are numerous referen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

176. Kings MS 260

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Kings MS 260
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'TRAITÉ de (al. des) fortificacions', in four books, with coloured plans at the end of each book. The subjects of the books are: (i) De la simple enceinte;- (ii) De la fortification moderne ;-(iii) Des dehors et des citadelles;-(iv) Des fortifications irregulieres. A second part is promised, '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

177. Kings MS 261

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Kings MS 261
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'TREATISE OF ARTILLERY', in two parts, the first part containing tables of weights and measures for the use of artillerists, the second (f. 12) treating 'of guns' ; with many drawings. Anonymous and undated. There is a reference (f. 35 b) to experiments by Mr. Hauksbee [? Francis Hauksbee the yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

178. Kings MS 262

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Kings MS 262
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'TABLES OF ARTILLERY', made for, and presented to, George, Prince of Wales [afterwards George III], by Charles Frederick [K.B. 1761], Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, illustrated by Indian-ink drawings; 1760. Paper; ff. 38. Quarto. 9 in. x 7 1/4 in. A.D. 1760. Calligraphically written, with th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

179. Kings MS 263

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Kings MS 263
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'TABLES calculated for throwing of Shells from the different angles of a mortar's elevation to any distance between 16 and 2000 fathoms', with title and (f. 139 b) explanation in French and English and a continuation (f. 150) to 2640 fathoms or 3 English miles'. Paper; ff. 166. Octavo. 7 in. x ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

180. Kings MS 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 264
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DRAWINGS of light six-pounder Battalion Guns mounted upon old and new pattern carriages, to shew the advantages derived from the alterations made by order of' George, Viscount Townshend, Master-General of the Ordnance, &c., 1776. The text was written by Isaac Richard Robert, in 1778; the ill...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778
Extent:
1 item