01593cam a2200253 4500 1926213808 TxAuBib 20240215120000.0 241111s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 74719 Project Gutenberg PGUSA eng TxAuBib Payne-Gallwey, Ralph, Sir, 1848-1916. 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 [Gutenberg] / Ralph, Payne-Gallwey. Project Gutenberg, 2024. Project Gutenberg ; 74719 Reading ease score: 68.6 (8th and 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. 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. Public domain in the USA. Text. Bow and arrow. Military art and science -- History. Engines of war. Project Gutenberg ; 74719. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74719