The art of the catapult : build Greek ballistae, Roman onagers, English trebuchets, and more ancient artillery / / William Gurstelle.

With some scrap wood, rope, hammer, nails, and this book, build seven historic catapults including Ludgar the War Wolf, God's Stone Thrower, Cabulus, and the Wild Donkey -- simple yet sophisticated hurling machines that rely on the fundamentals of math and physics using levers, force, torsion,...

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Year of Publication:2004
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:xvii, 172 p. :; ill.
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