| Author |
Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916 |
| LoC No. |
08012593
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| 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
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| Original Publication |
UK: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907.
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| 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.
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| 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.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
U: Military science
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| Subject |
Bow and arrow
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| Subject |
Military art and science -- History
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| Subject |
Engines of war
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
74719 |
| Release Date |
Nov 11, 2024 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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