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Author Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916
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
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EBook-No. 74719
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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