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GEUSS (J. M.). Théorie de l'Art du Mineur. Maestricht. 1778. - GEUSS (J. M.) Théorie de l'Art du Mineur . Traduite de l'Allemand par M. A. L. Smeets. Maestricht: Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, 1778. [4], XVI, 314, [2] pp., 4 est.: il.; 185 mm. French translation, published in Maastricht in 1778, of the German treatise by Joachim Michael Geuss on the art of mining ( Ausführliche Abhandlung der Minirkunst , Copenhagen, 1776), authored by AL Smeets, captain of the Regiment of Miners and Sappers. The treatise expounds on the military techniques of mines and sapping applied to the attack and defense of fortified towns: the opening of underground galleries, the calculation of explosive charges, and the guiding of mines against enemy fortifications—a central subject of 18th-century siege engineering. The work is still cited today as a reference source in studies on the history of underground warfare and 18th-century siege warfare, alongside authors such as Bélidor and Le Blond. Illustrated with four plates. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate