T A B L E.

Flank should always be made real — 22
Good and bad foundation, how it is known — 27
Bad foundation, how it is remedied — 27
Foundation & its width — 28
Foundation, how it begins where the ground is good — 30
Foundation in a mountainous site — 30
Foundation in a flat place, & without defect — 29
Ground under the foundation wants to be flat and level — 30
Foundation in water, how it is done — 31
Fascines in exchange for lotte earth-clods/turf blocks — 35
Iron tools for digging the lotte earth-clods/turf blocks — 45 98
Brushwood for filling the earthwork — 51
Brushwood along the length & the breadth of the defense — 51 58
Fascines of brushwood when one is in a hurry — 52
Thick brushwood in the middle of the earthwork — 58
Ditch of the field lodging — 63
Small fascines for the line of the fabric — 63
Shears — 63
Stable end, & mobile end — 69
Wall constructions in the fortresses must be made with all solemnity — 73
Form of six sides — 77 78
Flanks in the bastion — 78
Fronts of the bastion — 79
Line of the upright timbers — 83
Figure of the order of the upright timbers — 84
Foundation of living stones — 85
Foundation where it is piled is wider than elsewhere — 85
Foundation wider at the top than at the bottom — 85
Wall construction must have a fifth of slope — 85
It is necessary to found well every small part in the bastions — 86
Ditch, how it should be made — 91
Ditch in the middle in which one must dig until water is reached — 91
Figure of the order of cutting the lotte earth-clods/turf blocks — 98
Figure of the order of putting the lotte earth-clods/turf blocks into operation — 99

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Gioanbattista Belluzzi of San Marino, engineer — 2
The angles in the enclosures should not be made too thick — 6