A military dictionary, or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry : the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics : comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombadier ; the military regulations of the United States ; the weights, measures, and monies of all nations ; the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language ; particularly adapted to the use of the military institutions of the United States / by William Duane, late lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, and author of the American military library.

  • Duane, William, 1760-1835.
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A military dictionary, or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry : the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics : comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombadier ; the military regulations of the United States ; the weights, measures, and monies of all nations ; the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language ; particularly adapted to the use of the military institutions of the United States / by William Duane, late lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, and author of the American military library. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry

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Philadelphia : Printed and published by William Duane, no. 98, Market Street, 1810.

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xi, 1 unnumbered page, 748 pages ; 23 cm

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Shaw & Shoemaker 20000
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2120

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Includes French terms
Copyright Aug. 10, 1810 by William Duane
Text printed in two columns
Signatures: pi⁶ A-5A⁴ 5B⁴(-5B3,4)

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