Writings
Paixhans wrote, among others:
- "Considérations sur l'état actuel de l'artillerie des places" (1815)
- "Nouvelle force maritime" (1822), in which he envisionned a fleet protected by armour and equipped with explosive shells.
- "Force et faiblesse militaires de la France" (1830)
- "Constitution militaire de la France" (Paris 1849)
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