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Flanks and their office. ch. 260
Different depths of the waters. ch. 188
Square shape, how it is fortified. ch. 173
Shape of the small colubrines. ch. 136
Shape of the cavalier. ch. 52
Fortress placed on the mountain. ch. 105
Fortress on a flat site. ch. 106
Fortress on the mountain exposed to the Mattock. ch. 107
Fortress made by Nature and by Art. ch. 182
Fortresses necessary over the mouth of the ports. ch. 186
Fortress with modern defenses. ch. 18
Fortresses useful to all Princes. ch. 62
Ancient Fortresses. ch. 83
Fort made with timber. ch. 126
Forts made with tree trunks. ch. 163
Ditch too wide. ch. 98
Ditch and its proper width. ch. 96
Ditch, how it can be deepened. ch. 100
Ditch, mother of the Fortress. ch. 168
Ditch where it is useful, with water. ch. 168
Ditch without water. ch. 99
Force accompanied by speed. ch. 287
Artificed fires, not useful to defenders. ch. 257
Gabions, the most secure. ch. 288
Geometry necessary to all professions. ch. 1
Goletta Fortress. ch. 69
Gorge of the bastion. ch. 94
Gorge of the embrasure. ch. 48
Greatness of the body of the Sun. ch. 104
Thickness of the shoulder. ch. 74
Thickness of the parapet. ch. 79
Sappers, how to make them work. ch. 255
Guido Ubaldo dal Monte. ch. 196
Men who can stay under water. ch. 132
Good men for the exercise of the bombardier. ch. 280
Signor Giulio Savorgnano. ch. 70
The enemy makes his way in two ways. ch. 78
The Devil, inventor of Artillery. ch. 152
The Physician and the Military Engineer must not be a flatterer. 255
Imperfections of acute angles. ch. 15
Imperfections of the exposed flank. ch. 19
Imperfections of the defenses made with the wall. ch. 44
Imperfections of short defenses. ch. 69
Imperfections of counterscarps made with good wall. ch. 71
Imperfections of low defenses. ch. 80
Imperfections of the flank without a shoulder. ch. 161
In two ways Fortresses can be planted. ch. 114
In two ways the cases can be made for founding on the bottom of the waters. ch. 188
In two ways stones can be put into work. ch. 192
In three ways the bombardier can operate the artillery. ch. 288
Flattery is the doctrine of the ignorant. ch. 255
The lever is the soul of the instruments. ch. 286
The greatest offense is that of the Mattock. ch. 64
The greatest defense that can be given to the Fortress. ch. 94
The interior angle of the bastion. ch. 9
The perfection of the Fortress. ch. 77
Width of the flank. ch. 47
Width of the gorge of the bastion. ch. 73
Width of the square of the flank. ch. 85
Width of the ditch. ch. 99
Width of the retreats. ch. 271
Artillery, by what part brought into Italy. ch. 152
The art of the bombardier. ch. 280
The science of fortifying compared to the game of chess. ch. 62
Truth produces hatred. ch. 255
Virtue is a commodity that is not lost in shipwrecks of the Sea. ch. 254
Surveying a country in drawing. ch. 296
Surveying the plans. ch. 299
Surveying the plans of the Fortresses. ch. 360
Good timber for making piles. ch. 188
The angular curtains. ch. 189
Ships and Galleys cannot compete with Fortresses. ch. 184
Acute angles bring weak defenses. ch. 75
The Engineer must know how to operate. ch. 113
Lever in the pulley block and its reason. ch. 203
Level and its use. ch. 192
The works made must teach us. ch. 24
The good order to fortify. ch. 62
Length of the shoulder. ch. 49
The use of cavaliers. ch. 156
The use of cavaliers. ch. 186
The insatiable man. ch. 151
Master who teaches us to draw. ch. 32
Materials from which the perfection and also the imperfection of the works depends. ch. 62
Material to build the wall. ch. 128
Materials separated to make the powder. ch. 148
Members of the Fortress compared to those of the human body. ch. 18
Merlons and their thicknesses. ch. 19
Merlons and their height. ch. 35
Merlons jacketed with wall. ch. 40
Merlons, of what material made. ch. 85
High merlons jacketed with wall are entirely imperfect and damage themselves. ch. 91
High merlons are ruinous. ch. 180
Setting the piece to the mark. ch. 283
Half-embrasures. ch. 261
Powerful means to learn to draw. ch. 32
Mines and their effects. ch. 272
Measurement of the squares. ch. 73
Measuring distances. ch. 295
Measuring the mountains. ch. 296
Models necessary in all works. ch. 37
Easy way to plant the Fortress. ch. 116
Way to make grass grow. ch. 123
Easy way to repair the walls. ch. 175
Piers and the causes of their ruins. ch. 193
Many have been deceived by the effect of the scarps of the walls and of the ramparts. ch. 22
Motion of the pulley block. ch. 209
Multiplication of the powder. ch. 104
Munitions for the defense of the Fortress. ch. 278
Munitions for the living of the Soldiers. ch. 143
Harmful walls around the cavaliers. ch. 156
Angular wall in the counterscarp. ch. 102
On occasions of feasts, one must keep good guard. ch. 78
In fortifications, materials must be transmuted for the service of the defense and offense of the enemy. ch. 62
In small Fortresses, the ditch with water will be useful. ch. 100
Name of Mechanic, honored. ch. 196
Imperfect bastions must not be built. ch. 173
Fruitless shots must not be made. ch. 260
The square must not be lost fruitlessly. ch. 271
Number of passes of the wall that goes into the Fortress. ch. 118
Number of workers. ch. 120
New way to set fire to the artillery. ch. 103
New invention to cover the artillery. ch. 139
New instrument for measuring. ch. 292
Offense that is done to the enemy. ch. 259
Offense that the enemy can do to us. ch. 64
Offense of the batteries in three ways. ch. 64
Offenses to be done to the enemy when he assaults. ch. 278
Office of the wall. ch. 35
Office of the flank. ch. 40
Office of the parapet. ch. 79
Office of the flank. ch. 89
Office of the two squares. ch. 91
Opinion that the order of fortifications is not a science. ch. 61
Oppositions to long defenses. ch. 67
Oppositions made to the flanks with two squares. ch. 89