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  • ARCHITECTONIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARCHITECTONIC

    usually call Fortification. See FORTIFICATION. The business of Military Architecture, is to erect forts,castles, and other fortresses, with ramparts, bastions,&c. See FORTRESS, RAMPART, BASTION, &c. Naval Architecture, or Ship-Building; is that...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • Fortificationhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/fortification

    FORTIFICATION, or the Construction of FORTRESSES; as Citadel, Castle, Tower, &c. Fort, Star, Redoubt, &c. Works, or Parts thereof, Rampart, Bastion, Ditch, Counterscarp, Curtain, &c. Ravelin, Horn-work, Crown-work, &c. Approaches, Trench, Sap, Mine,...

    • Type: Category

  • VIEW OF KNOWLEDGEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/view-of-knowledge

    &c. Helmet, Buckler, Pelt a, Cuirass, &c. Aries, Balista, Catapulta, Fundus, &c. 31 FORTIFICATION, or the Construction of FORTRESSES; as Citadel, Castle, Tower, &c. Fort, Star, Redoubt, &c. Works, or Parts thereof, Rampart, Bastion, Ditch, Counterscarp,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Introduction

  • ASYLUMhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASYLUM

    Secular Jurisdiction: And so well did they manage their Privileges, that Convents, in a little time, became next akin to Fortresses; where the most glaring Villains were in Safety, and braved the Power of the Magistrate. See CHURCH-YARD. These...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ARÆOSTYLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARÆOSTYLE

    rare, and στῦλος (stylos), column. The Aræostyle is chiefly used in the Tuscan Order; at the gates of great cities and fortresses. ARÆOSTYLE

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ABSTINENCEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/theology/ABSTINENCE

    as other Creatures.—--- The Records of the Tower mention a Scotchman imprison'd for Felony, and strictly watch'd in that Fortress for six Weeks ; in all which time he took not the least Sustenance : for which he had his Pardon. The Ephem. German, speak...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Theology

  • ATTACKhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTACK

    of a siege, is the effort made by the besiegers with trenches, mines, galleries, etc. to make themselves masters of a fortress, in attacking one of its sides. See SIEGE, FORTIFICATION, WORK, etc. FALSE ATTACK, is that which is not vigorously prosecuted;...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACCESSIBLEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCESSIBLE

    ACCESSIBLE, something that may be approached; or that access may be had to. See ACCESS and APPROACH. Such a place, a fortress, is accessible from the seaward, i.e., the passage to it is practicable. See FORTIFICATION and FORTIFIED PLACE. Accessible...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • APPROACHEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/mix-d-mathematics/fortification/APPROACHES

    in Fortification, the several Works made by the Besiegers for advancing or getting nearer to a Fortress, or Place besieged. See WORK, FORTIFICATION. Such are Trenches, Mines, Saps, Lodgments, Batteries, etc. See TRENCH, MINE, SAP, BATTERY, etc....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Fortification
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