TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Repetitive order and the human walking apparatus: Prussian military science versus the Webers' locomotion research
JO  - Annals of science
A1  - Flesher, M. M.
SP  - 463
EP  - 487
VL  - 54
IS  - 5
N2  - The addition of 'fire' to the European battle repertoire resulted in the close-order drill for manoeuvres of the line. Begun in late sixteenth-century Netherlands and perfected in eighteenth-century Prussia under Frederick the Great, the drill's precision marching evolved into a military science which conceived what infantry acquired through rigorous training as a lawful 'second nature' of men. In contrast, the liberal Webers' 1836 locomotion research orientation was, as was that of French skirmishing, one of natural self-regulation. Later Prussian military science, restored in Imperial Germany, was merged into locomotion science.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-3790
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -