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Royal Military Asylum for the children of the soldiers of the regular army, King's Road, Chelsea, London

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SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. III, pl. 99 NOTES: The school, adjoining the Royal Hospital, was later known as the Duke of York's Royal Military School. The Duke of York laid the first stone on 19 June, 1801.

HMS Victory, Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, Hampshire: the bows and figurehead

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Slade, Sir Thomas (1703/4-1771)
NOTES: The Victory was designed by Sir Thomas Slade, the Senior Surveyor of the Navy. She was the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and is best known for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 under the command of Admiral Nelson. She was moved from moorings in Portsmouth Harbour to Number 2 dry dock at Portsmouth Royal Naval Dockyard in 1922 when work began restoring her to her 'fighting' condition of 1805.

HMS Victory, Portsmouth Naval Dockyard, Hampshire: the bows and figurehead

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Slade, Sir Thomas (1703/4-1771)
NOTES: The Victory was designed by Sir Thomas Slade, the Senior Surveyor of the Navy. She was the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and is best known for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 under the command of Admiral Nelson. She was moved from moorings in Portsmouth Harbour to Number 2 dry dock at Portsmouth Royal Naval Dockyard in 1922 when work began restoring her to her 'fighting' condition of 1805.

U.S. naval hangar of shell concrete supported by arch ribs

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J. H. Lupish, Roberts & Shaefa

Designs for fortifications

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Dogen, Matthias (1605 or 6-1672)
SOURCE: Matthias Dogen. Architectura militaris moderna (Amsterdam, 1647), after p. 12

Map of Philippsburg (known as Udenheim until 1632) city walls, Baden-Wurttemberg

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SOURCE: Matthias Dogen. Architectura militaris moderna (Amsterdam, 1647), after p. 96

Tools and techniques used in building fortifications

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Dogen, Matthias (1605 or 6-1672)
SOURCE: Matthias Dogen. Architectura militaris moderna (Amsterdam, 1647), after p. 244

Examples of fortifications and how to build them

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Dogen, Matthias (1605 or 6-1672)
SOURCE: Matthias Dogen. Architectura militaris moderna (Amsterdam, 1647), after p. 460

Accomodation bridge for a canal and plan of Melandra Castle, Peak District

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SOURCE: John Aikin. A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester (London, 1795), after p. 138 NOTES: Melandra Castle is a former Roman fort near Glossop, Derbyshire.

Plan, perspectives and a detail of three kinds of siege engines or testudine

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Vitruvius (c. 84 BC-c. 14 BC)
NOTES: This drawing was made in preparation for publication in Newton's 'The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio', (London, 1771; 2nd edition, 1791), in which Vitruvian principles were applied to conjectural reconstructions of Classical buildings and later constructions. These are studies for figures CXIII, CXIV, CXV, and CXVI (2nd edition).

Perspective of a siege engine or testudo

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Vitruvius (c. 84 BC-c. 14 BC)
NOTES: This drawing was made in preparation for publication in Newton's 'The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio', (London, 1771; 2nd edition, 1791), in which Vitruvian principles were applied to conjectural reconstructions of Classical buildings and later constructions. This is a variant study for figure CXVII (2nd edition).
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