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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. Tbe Explanation of the Plate for Porrificulot
  2. A A Single Bastion.
  3. B A Double Bastion Or liavaliet ooret
  4. Icour choir lrenches.
  5. by parallel Sides ending at the Corge OF
  6. thC WorK. Thele PTorn-morks arC
  7. uled to coverthe Cates, cc. instead
  8. OF Penailles.
  9. CA Platc. Bastion; Wrhich is made When (N 2, AForn mork, wliole Sides are NOL
  10. the Linc oF Detence is 100 lone; i. e.
  11. Daralel.
  12. exceeds r50 Fachom, erhich is the O A Cronn-mork, Whole Detion is to co-
  13. Distance a Nusket will De Ture to do
  14. Fixecution. Wheretore this Platt-
  15. Bastion is placed in the midele oF the
  16. Curtain.
  17. D A Flals. Bastion Placed on the Side oF a
  18. Rivei.
  19. F A Bastion Tenailled; Wrhen the Anole
  20. Ot che Bastion is lels chan 70 DegreCS.
  21. F A Ravelin, Wtrich covers tHC CatCS,
  22. ver Tome laroe Spot ot Crround to de-
  23. tend a Risino-Cround, or to defend
  24. the TTead ot a Camp thatis intrench.
  25. ed: TischelaroeA ot all Our- wortes.
  26. having a larse Crorge, and trro Sides,
  27. endins torardsche Campaion in EWvO
  28. Demi Bastions; cach ot which joins
  29. by 2 Curtain, to an entire Bastion
  30. that is at the FTead OF the W OrK.
  31. Bridoes and Currains. Sometimes P Fenailles to defend the Ditch.
  32. chese Ravelins have Flants made 10
  33. them a5 CF.
  34. C A Ravelin wich Flanles.
  35. TI An FlalsMoon, made t0 cover thC
  36. Flantced- Anele oF a Baction. ThC
  37. Gorges OF Flals. Moons are circular.
  38. PCounter- Guards, Wrtich are raiesd in
  39. Aead OF Zalf. Moons.
  40. R ASinele Fenaille.
  41. L A Oueire Dyronde, Or Svallon s. Tait:
  42. 50 calledu becaule its Sides instead ol
  43. JAn Flalf. Moon covered wich tvo C’oun-
  44. ter-Cruaras R R, to matie it the
  45. RETONDCF.
  46. SS Places of Arms on the Counterscarp,
  47. beins open Spors ot Cround For the
  48. Carrilon eo Rendezrous on an Alarm,
  49. exc.
  50. X ThC Ditch.
  51. PT, GC. The Counterscarp, Or Covered-
  52. Way.
  53. 58, dC. TheGlacis.
  54. Deins parallel, open or Spread torards V A Rerrenchment within or behind a
  55. the Hlcad, and gror narro ac the Breach; a5 X.
  56. Coree
  57. WV A Place For a Mazazine.
  58. V a Bonnet a Prestre, Or Priest s Cap: IVV Pallisades.
  59. Some Cal them Double Penailles. But a a Redoubts.
  60. they diter From a Penaille, Decaule irs bb b Batteries.
  61. Sides are not parallel, Duc Spread Or c Lines of Communication.
  62. open out torrards the Campaien likce a a a Frenches, by wvhich the Approaches
  63. Swallon s. Tail. This WVorkhath tvo
  64. Angles saillant, and two Inwards.
  65. N AForn mork, Whose Heacis Fortified
  66. arc carried on.
  67. e AMine under ehe Glacis and Covered-
  68. ray oF the FIorn. mork.
  69. rith tvo Demi BastionS, Or Fpaul- f A Lodement at the Fooc oF the Gilacis.
  70. ments, joyndby a Curtain, and closed)
  71. Explanation of the P rofile.
  72. Ib FCer. (ac ThC Berme
  73. 1C
  74. es The Breadch oF che MO
  75. if TES Depch
  76. fh Ies Breadch ar che Borc.
  77. Csk∞ TWO TaluS, CaC
  78. Thesucle Dicch al ile Borrom
  79. Fcet
  80. che
  81. In Les Sepch
  82. c Tne Covert. ma
  83. Look the Enemies Bactions, and 10
  84. 5, 90 Les Feighe
  85. rsThe Invard Palu
  86. a The Outward Fal
  87. ra The Bate OF che Rampar
  88. qThe Base OF the ParA
  89. d The Inward Fleigh
  90. 0d Thetnvard
  91. n p The Ourmard Flciehe
  92. nq The Outward
  93. yI The Breadch oF I
  94. y Lhe FTcighe ot il
  95. y 2ba ferre. P lata
  96. ed Thedeac oE cheParas
  97. cf les Fleh
  98. Fa The Claci

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0949?run=74