Catapult Design, Construction and Competition with the Projectile Throwing Engines of the AncientsRLT Industries, 2006 - 143 pages If you've ever wondered how to build a catapult or trebuchet, or wondered what you'd do with it once you've built one, then this book can help. Filled with anecdotes, plans, photographs, drawings and detailed descriptions of the workings and history of all the major types of catapults, these pages will help you get started in this fascinating hobby. You too will feel the joy of harnessing the power and energy of simple and ancient machines, then use them to hurl all sorts of silly things into the air, just to watch them splat! |
Contents
Forward Warning and a Brief History of Hurling | 2 |
Catapult Design Construction and Competition | 57 |
The Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients | 105 |
Common terms and phrases
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