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Scientific American, Vol. 59, No. 16 (1888) (1888)

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ctures that have been discovered in In the domain of the art of war a new fact has re- France, Germany, and Scotland, and that have re- cently become known, which is of a nature to carry ceived the name of vitrified forts. These inclosures, Babylon, were more than 85 feet. Why did ancient with it… … out the concomitance of great more resemble those that now expense, it is no longer pos- constitute the defenses of our sible for him to construct frontiers than the latter re- walls eapable of resisting the power of these new methods of attack. At the same time, he has found The neo-modern fort,…

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