The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds part 4 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 74
IENT DAYS 271 showers of poisoned darts. All varieties of theCatapult flung showers of small stones, darts, ar-rows, javelins, etc., while all varieties of the Bal-lista flung but one large stone, or large dart, at atime or single discharge. But the motive power Notwithstanding the great force with… … was the same in all, and was obtained either fromweights or from springs, made of cords of hide orsinews, stretched or drawn back by levers. Thepower thus produced was sometimes very great.Weights as great as 1200 pounds could be throwna distance of 800 yards. Think of that,—a powergreat enough to…
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