The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 72
t force. The third class cost themost, and was, of course, more powerful than theothers. In this, the beam was mounted on a num-ber of little wheels, which traveled in grooved,tracks laid for them, leading up to the wall. Itcan readily be seen that in this class the beamcould be made of any size or… … A BATTERING-RAM AND TOWER, 269 270 STORIES FROM ANCIENT DAYS could easily throw down darts and arrows to killthe soldiers, and great rocks or boulders to crushthe rams. So the besiegers and the ram were pro-tected by a strong roof and walls which werefastened to the axles of the little wheels and…
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