A treatise containing the practical part of fortification.
Subtitle: In four parts: I. The theory of walls, arches, and timbers, with several tables of their dimensions.  II. The knowledge of the materials ... III. The manner of tracing a fortress on the ground, the making an estimate, and executing the works.  IV. The method of building aquatics, as stonebridges, harbours ...  Illustrated with twenty-eight copper plates. For the use of the Royal Academy of Artillery at Woolwich.
Edition: 2d ed., with improvements.
Publisher: A. Millar
Published: 1764
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Fortification -- Early works to 1800; Military engineering
Notes: Plates 27, 28 wanting; plate 18 bound out of order at p. 244.