The art of war

543 Pages·1964·20.881 MB·English

by  Stevin, Simon, Schukking, W. H. (ed.)

Huygens Institute - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

Citation:

Simon Stevin, [IV] The Principal Works of Simon Stevin, The Art of War, edition Vol. IV, volume

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THE PRINCIP AL WORKS
OF
SIMON STEVIN
EDITED BY
J. J.
ERNST CRONE, E. DI]KSTERHUIS, R. FORBES
J.
M. G. MINNAERT, A. PANNEKOEK
AMSTERDAM
C. V. SWETS & ZEITLINGER
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MAURICE, PRINCE OF ORANGE, COUNT OF NASSAU
Frontispiece of the Castramelalio, 1617
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THE PRINCIP AL WORKS
OF
SIMON STEVIN
VOLUME IV
THE ART OF WAR
EDITED BY
W. "H. SCHUKKING
Colonel, Dutch Royal Engineers (ret.)
AMSTERDAM
C. V. SWETS & ZEITLINGER
1964
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The edition of this volume IV of the principa/ works of
SIMON STEVIN
devoted to his pub/ications on T he Art of War, has been rendered possible
through the financia/ aid of the
Netherlands Organization for Pure Research (Z.W.O.)
Printed by ,Jan de Lange"·n.v., Deventer, Holland.
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The following edition of the Principal Works of SIMON
STEVIN has been brought about at the initiative of the Physics
Section of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Weten
schappen (Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences) by a
committee consisting of the following members:
ERNST CRONE,
Chairman of the Netherlands Maritime Museum, Amsterdam
E. J. DI]KSTERHUIS,
Profmor of the History of Scienre at the Uni1/trJities of Leiden and Utruht
R. ]. FORBES,
Profmor of the History of Srience at the MUnlripal Uni1/ersity of Amsterdam
M. G. ]. MINNAERT,
Farmer Professor of AJtronomy at the Uni1/ersity of Utrecht
A. PANNEKOEK,
Farmer ProfeJJor of AJtronomy at the Municipal Uni1/erJity of AmJterdam
The Dutch texts of STEVIN as weIl as the introductions and
notes have been translated into English by Miss Mary 1. Reule
J.
(Introduction and Castrametatio) and by F. X. Verhofstad
(The Art of Fortification and manuscripts).
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THE ART OF WAR
OF
SIM ON STEVIN
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