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Military Engineers

open access: yes, 2013
The book examines the unique role of European military engineers in the service of both kingdoms and republics from the fifteenth to the early nineteenth century. They were usually the only servants of the state, apart from artillery or naval officers, with training in mathematics, which explains the frequent overlap between gunners, sailors, and the ...
exaly   +3 more sources

Introduction: Military Engineers from Polymath Courtiers to Specialist Troops

open access: yes, 2018
There had been medieval specialist builders of fortifications, but in Renaissance Italy virtuoso military engineers were a response to the need to create new artillery-resistant fortifications after the devastating invasion of Italy by Charles VIII of ...
Bruce P. Lenman
exaly   +2 more sources

The Future Of Military Engines

2021
CSIS's the Future of Military Engines looks at the state of the U.S. military engine industrial base and the choices confronting policymakers at the Department of Defense (DoD). The military engine industrial base is closely tied to the industrial base for commercial engines. U.S.
Coll Gabriel   +3 more
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The Military Psychiatrist as Social Engineer

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1967
The social roles of the military psychiatrist are examined with special attention to the uses and misuses of power. The ethical dilemma of loyalty divided between the individual patient and the community at large is complicated by the social impact of psychiatric diagnosis.
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Data integration for military systems engineering

Proceedings IEEE Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 2002
Military systems have many of the same concerns as commercial systems, that is, real-time performance, availability, security, safety, life-cycle maintenance and upgrade. In military systems, however these concerns are encountered in combinations and intensity that few commercial systems can rival.
Ngocdung Hoang   +2 more
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Military Engineers and the Rise of Imperial Russia

open access: yes, 2018
Before 1690 the Muscovite state was handicapped by its lack of knowledge of western engineering techniques and especially of mathematics and geometry. From the time of Peter the Great it moved rapidly to close the gap with the appointment of experienced ...
Brian Davies
exaly   +2 more sources

Leonardo as Military Engineer

1974
The recent discovery of two codexes written in the hand of Leonardo da Vinci, comprising some 700 pages, was a most welcome event to the historian of technology and to the expanding number of Vincian scholars. The ’loss’ of these important texts was, in a way, a blessing because when exposed, they showed Leonardo’s notes and drawings in a state of ...
openaire   +1 more source

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