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Method of working silently underground. Pag. 17
Method of providing air to Mines. 18
Method of forming a chamber in a wall without earthworks. 19
Method of lodging and making a breach in a wall with earthworks original: "Mur terrassé". 20
Method of setting fire to furnaces through the mouth of a well original: "Puits". 22
Method of blowing up a tower of large diameter. ibid.
Method of blowing up a tower of medium diameter, such as 12 to 15 feet in the masonry. 23
Method of blowing up a tower by half. 24
Experiments. 25
Demolition of a tower five leagues from Amsterdam, by means of an excavated well. 26
Demolition of the Crevecoeur magazine. 28
Demolition of the Castle of Navaigne, two leagues from Maastricht. 29
Demolition of the Castle of Franchimont, three leagues from Limbourg. ibid.
Attachment of the Miner at the Citadel of Tournai, besieged by the King’s Army, at a bastion on the Meuse side. 30
Defense of the Dauphin Bastion at Maastricht. ibid.
Demolition of the Chamilly Bastion at Maastricht. 32
Tests conducted
In the crest of Samel, within musket range of Douai, in clay terrain, without being shored up, where the quantity of 38,000 pounds of powder was consumed. 33