The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours (1905)
Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely), b. 1883 · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 275
will beclearly understood without further explanation than whatis given upon the drawings. The catapult (Fig. 227)and the trebuchet (Fig. 228) were used for stormingfortifications, and each hurled large stones. The treb-uchet was a much later invented machine than the cata-pult, and, being built on… … & < TOY GUNS, TARGETS, AND BOWS AND ARROWS 231 fortifications. The ballista (Fig. 229) was in reality alarge cross-bow, built to shoot long, heavy bolts or arrows.The illustration shows a form mounted upon wheels forfield service. The cross-bow (Fig. 230) was a weaponused by the…
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