Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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THE
PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES
OF THE ANCIENTS
AND
TURKISH AND OTHER ORIENTAL BOWS
OF MEDIÆVAL AND LATER TIMES

_By the same Author._

THE CROSSBOW,
MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN, MILITARY AND SPORTING:
Its Construction, History, and Management.
WITH A TREATISE ON
THE BALISTA AND CATAPULT OF THE ANCIENTS.

With 220 Illustrations. Medium 4to. 63_s._ net.

LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., 39 Paternoster Row, London,
New York, Bombay, and Calcutta.

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

BY
SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY, B^{T.}

FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA

1907

All rights reserved

THE PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES OF THE ANCIENTS

CONTENTS

PART PAGE
I. INTRODUCTORY NOTES ON ANCIENT PROJECTILE ENGINES 3

II. THE CATAPULT 11

III. THE BALISTA 21

IV. THE TREBUCHET 27

V. HISTORICAL NOTES ON ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL SIEGE ENGINES AND
THEIR EFFECTS IN WARFARE 31