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Book Synopsis Catapult Design, Construction and Competition with the Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients by :
Download or read book Catapult Design, Construction and Competition with the Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients written by and published by RLT Industries. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 readers get started in this fascinating hobby of harnessing the power and energy of simple and ancient machines, then using them to hurl all sorts of silly things into the air just to watch them splat.
Book Synopsis The Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients by : Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Download or read book The Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients written by Ralph Payne-Gallwey and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients by : Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Download or read book The Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients written by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Summary of the History, Construction and Effects in Warfare of the Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients by : Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Download or read book A Summary of the History, Construction and Effects in Warfare of the Projectile-throwing Engines of the Ancients written by Ralph Payne-Gallwey and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of ancient Greek authors who have left us accounts of these engines, Heron (284–221 B.C.) and Philo (about 200B.C.) are the most trustworthy. Both these mechanicians give plans and dimensions with an accuracy that enables us to reconstruct the machines, if not with exactitude at any rate with sufficient correctness for practical application. Though in the books of Athenæus, Biton, Apollodorus, Diodorus, Procopius, Polybius and Josephus we find incomplete descriptions, these authors, especially Josephus, frequently allude to the effects of the engines in warfare; and scanty as is the knowledge they impart, it is useful and explanatory when read in conjunction with the writings of Heron and Philo. Among the Roman historians and military engineers, Vitruvius and Ammianus are the best authorities. Vitruvius copied his descriptions from the Greek writers, which shows us that the Romans adopted the engines from the Greeks. Of all the old authors who have described the engines, we have but copies of the original writings. It is therefore natural that we should come across many phrases and drawings which are evidently incorrect, as a result of repeated transcription, and which we know to be at fault though we cannot actually prove them to be so. With few exceptions, all the authors named simply present us with their own ideas when they are in doubt respecting the mechanical details and performances of the engines they wish to describe. All such spurious information is, of course, more detrimental than helpful to our elucidation of their construction and capabilities. It frequently happens that in a mediæval picture of one of these machines some important mechanical detail is omitted, or, from the difficulty of portraying it correctly, is purposely concealed by figures of soldiers, an omission that may be supplied by reference to other representations of the same weapon.
Book Synopsis Subject List of Works on Military and Naval Arts by : Great Britain. Patent Office. Library
Download or read book Subject List of Works on Military and Naval Arts written by Great Britain. Patent Office. Library and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Roman Military Disasters by : Paul Chrystal
Download or read book Roman Military Disasters written by Paul Chrystal and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over some 1200 years, the Romans proved adept at learning from military disaster and this was key to their eventual success and hegemony. Roman Military Disasters covers the most pivotal and decisive defeats, from the Celtic invasion of 390 BC to Alaric's sack of Rome in AD 410. Paul Chrystal details the politics and strategies leading to each conflict, how and why the Romans were defeated, the tactics employed, the generals and the casualties. However, the unique and crucial element of the book is its focus on the aftermath and consequences of defeat and how the lessons learnt enabled the Romans, usually, to bounce back and win.
Book Synopsis Appendix to The Book of the Crossbow and Ancient Projectile Engines (History of Archery Series) by : Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Download or read book Appendix to The Book of the Crossbow and Ancient Projectile Engines (History of Archery Series) written by Ralph Payne-Gallwey and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the crossbow, being a historical account of its development and evolution throughout the centuries. The crossbow was a revolutionary advancement in ballistic weaponry which was arguably the forerunner to hand-held guns. This volume explores its history and discusses how its design and development varied from country to country. Contents include: "The Slurbow", "The Sixteenth-century Sporting Crossbow", "The Cranequin, and How it was Applied to Bend the Steel Bow of a Crossbow", "The Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century Spanish Sporting Crossbow, with a Steel Bow of Moderate Strength which was Bent by a Cranequin", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with an introductory essay on History of Archery by Horace A. Ford.
Book Synopsis The Soul of Golf by : Percy Adolphus Vaile
Download or read book The Soul of Golf written by Percy Adolphus Vaile and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Warfare in China to 1600 by : Peter Lorge
Download or read book Warfare in China to 1600 written by Peter Lorge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese military history has emerged as one of the most promising and radical fields of Chinese studies. China's rapidly increasing military power make understanding the place of war in Chinese culture, as well as the role of the military, and Chinese strategic thought, vital to dealing with this possible threat. The recent flourishing of scholarship in this area has begun to allow an equivalent comparison with western and world military history, leading to a new understanding of war as a historical and cultural phenomenon, as well as revising earlier analyses of the significance of war in Chinese history. Assembled in this volume is a selection of articles that present earlier approaches to Chinese military history as well as the most recent trends in research. The introductory essay provides an overview of the field of Chinese military history and its significance in the study of China, as well as pointing out encouraging new developments in recent scholarship.
Book Synopsis Hunting Weapons by : Howard L. Blackmore
Download or read book Hunting Weapons written by Howard L. Blackmore and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed, comprehensive account of swords, knives and bayonets, staff weapons, bows, crossbows, guns and other miscellaneous arms — dating from the Middle Ages to modern times. Over 280 contemporary illustrations catalog the spear of a Roman hunter, a medieval broad arrow, a harpoon gun fired by whalers, and much else.
Book Synopsis The Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician by :
Download or read book The Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ancient Siege Engines by : Payne-Gallwey, Ralf
Download or read book Ancient Siege Engines written by Payne-Gallwey, Ralf and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most devastating weapons of the Middle Ages, the crossbow probably originated in the Western Roman Empire early in the fourth century, its design perhaps suggested by the balista, an ancient form of catapult. This book is the only work ever devoted exclusively to this widely used bowstring weapon. The author also deals with an arsenal of related weapons, from the siege engines, balistas and catapults of the ancients to such arms as the Turkish bow and the Chinese repeating crossbow. Enhanced with over 100 illustrations, ranging from contemporary battle pictures to scale constructional plans, and replete with scholarly detail and intriguing anecdotes, this classic study will interest historians, medievalists, sportsmen and any student of arms and armor. Abridged republication of The Crossbow, originally published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1903. Part IV (appendix) Book of the Crossbow by Ralf Payne-Gallway
Book Synopsis Catalogue of Books by : Wigan (England). Free Public Library. Reference Dept
Download or read book Catalogue of Books written by Wigan (England). Free Public Library. Reference Dept and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Class List of Best Books by : Library Association
Download or read book Class List of Best Books written by Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Class List of Best Books and Annual of Bibliography by : Library Association (Great Britain).
Download or read book Class List of Best Books and Annual of Bibliography written by Library Association (Great Britain). and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Medieval Warfare by : Maurice Hugh Keen
Download or read book Medieval Warfare written by Maurice Hugh Keen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Philip II of Macedonia by : Richard A. Gabriel
Download or read book Philip II of Macedonia written by Richard A. Gabriel and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip II of Macedonia (382–336 BCE), unifier of Greece, author of Greece's first federal constitution, founder of the first territorial state with a centralized administrative structure in Europe, forger of the first Western national army, first great general of the Greek imperial age, strategic and tactical genius, and military reformer who revolutionized warfare in Greece and the West, was one of the greatest captains in the military history of the West. Philip prepared the ground, assembled the resources, conceived the strategic vision, and launched the first modern, tactically sophisticated and strategically capable army in Western military history, making the later victories of his son Alexander possible. Philip's death marked the passing of the classical age of Greek history and warfare and the beginning of its imperial age. To Philip belongs the title of the first great general of a new age of warfare in the West, an age that he initiated with his introduction of a new instrument of war, the Macedonian phalanx, and the tactical doctrines to ensure its success. As a practitioner of the political art, Philip also had no equal. In all these things, Philip exceeded Alexander's triumphs. This book establishes Philip's legitimate and deserved place in military history, which, until now, has been largely minimized in favor of his son by the classicist writers who have dominated the field of ancient biography. Richard Gabriel, renowned military historian, has given us the first military biography of Philip II of Macedonia.
