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| Author | Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916 |
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| LoC No. | 08012593 |
| Title | A summary of the history, construction and effects in warfare of the projectile-throwing engines of the ancients, with a treatise on the structure, power and management of Turkish and other Oriental bows of mediæval and later times |
| Original Publication | UK: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. |
| Contents | The projectile-throwing engines of the ancients: Introductory notes on ancient projectile engines. The catapult. The balista. The trebuchet. Historical notes on ancient and mediæval siege engines and their effects in warfare -- A treatise on the construction, power and management of Turkish and other Oriental bows of mediæval and later times: The Turkish bow; construction and dimensions. The bow-string. The arrow. The method of stringing a Turkish, Persian, or Indian bow. The horn groove. The thumb-ring. The range of the Turkish bow. |
| Credits | Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | U: Military science |
| Subject | Bow and arrow |
| Subject | Military art and science -- History |
| Subject | Engines of war |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 74719 |
| Release Date | Nov 11, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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