Military Engineering Collection (page 2)

Design for a parabolic swing bridge, 1480-1490 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Design for a parabolic swing bridge, 1480-1490 (1954). One of Leonardo da Vincis designs for lightweight, transportable bridges for military use. Codex Atlanticus, 312r-a

Cannon foundry, 1487 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Cannon foundry, 1487 (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

Gate of the Citadel, Plymouth, Devon, 1924-1926. Plymouths Royal Citadel was built in the late 1660s. Designed by Sir Bernard de Gomme

French sappers laying mines, France, First World War, 1914. French military engineers at Belfort, near the German frontier. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Great Wall of China, near Hankow Pass, China, c1900s. Artist: Keystone
Great Wall of China, near Hankow Pass, China, c1900s. Stereoscopic slide

Sebastian le Prestre de Vauban, French military engineer, (1836). Artist: William Thomas Fry
Sebastian le Prestre de Vauban, French military engineer, (1836). Vauban (1633-1707) was the foremost military engineer of his time

John Gray Foster, Union Army general, 1862-1867. Artist: J Rogers
John Gray Foster, Union Army general, 1862-1867. After serving in the Civil War, Foster (1823-1874) became a noted expert on underwater demolition

A French sapper digging a tunnel to place a mine under the enemy lines, France, 1915. The placing of huge explosive mines in tunnels beneath enemy trenches became a common tactic on the Western Front

Fench sappers in gas masks re-laying telephone lines after a bombardment, 1918

Siege of Chartres, French Religious Wars, 1568 (1570). Artist: Jacques Tortorel
Siege of Chartres, French Religious Wars, 1568 (1570). Sappers working to undermine a bastion forming part of the citys defences

Entrance to the Maginot barracks, Maginot Line, France, c1935-1940. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier

Telegraph construction camp during the American Civil War, 1861-1865

Designs of fortifications, 1764. The object of each is to make every portion of the place fortified capable of being defended from some other part

Star Fort defended by a moat coming under siege, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Fortifications, c1880. An ancient fortress with curtain walls (top) and a bastioned fortress (bottom)

Siege warfare, c1800. The normal method of applying a petard (explosive device) to the gate of a fortress. The fuse has just been lit

Various forms of siege equipment, including battering rams, 1547. From Architectur...Mathematischen...Kunst by Gaultherius Rivius, 1547

Roman siege warfare, 1605. Defenders attempting to disable battering rams. On the right, attackers are handling a ram under a protective cat. From Poliorceticon by Justus Lipsius (Antwerp, 1605)

Wheeled siege towers and bridges, 13th century (18th century). Siege equipment of the type used by Frederick II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, for his successful siege of Jerusalem (1229)

Julius Caesars siege of Marseilles, 49 BC (18th century). Reconstruction showing the musculus or covered way to protect engineers approaching the walls of the besieged city

Design for an encampment outside a besieged fortress, 1617-1619. From Utriusque cosmi... historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

Uniform of military sapper-firemen, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of military sapper-firemen, France, 1823. A print from Collection des Uniformes de L Armee Francaise presentee au Roi, Paris, 1823

Bernard Forest Belidor (1693-c1761), French military and civil engineer, 1737. Frontispiece from his Architecture Hydraulique (Paris, 1737)

Front cover of Le Pays de France, 9 September 1915. French sappers placing a mine under a German trench. The placing of huge explosive mines in tunnels beneath enemy trenches became a common tactic

Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

Electric light plant, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

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