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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.)
Author: Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916
EBook No.: 74719
Published: Nov 11, 2024
Downloads: 1159
Language: English
Subject: Bow and arrow
Subject: Military art and science -- History
Subject: Engines of war
LoCC: Military science
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
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.)
Author: Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916
EBook No.: 74719
Published: Nov 11, 2024
Downloads: 1159
Language: English
Subject: Bow and arrow
Subject: Military art and science -- History
Subject: Engines of war
LoCC: Military science
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.