Dispelling any notion that the catapult was precision engineered in the modern sense, the author explains how a robust formulaic design allowed a variety of machines and missiles to be used for particular battlefield conditions or military tasks. Also included are details of the author's intriguing discovery that there were little personal catapults that were used like rifles. Although the catapult was displaced by the introduction of gunpowder and cannon, the device marks the beginning of mechanized warfare, the hallmark of modern fighting.
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Tracey Rihll is lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales, Swansea. She is author of Greek Science and numerous articles on ancient technology and science.
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Hardback. Etat : Good. Dispelling any notion that the catapult was precision engineered in the modern sense, the author explains how a robust formulaic design allowed a variety of machines and missiles to be used for particular battlefield conditions or military tasks. Also included are details of the author's intriguing discovery that there were little personal catapults that were used like rifles. Although the catapult was displaced by the introduction of gunpowder and cannon, the device marks the beginning of mechanized warfare, the hallmark of modern fighting. N° de réf. du vendeur 00105880649
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Hardback. Etat : Good. Dispelling any notion that the catapult was precision engineered in the modern sense, the author explains how a robust formulaic design allowed a variety of machines and missiles to be used for particular battlefield conditions or military tasks. Also included are details of the author's intriguing discovery that there were little personal catapults that were used like rifles. Although the catapult was displaced by the introduction of gunpowder and cannon, the device marks the beginning of mechanized warfare, the hallmark of modern fighting. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN159416035XG
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth with spine titles in gilt, large octavo. 380 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. Text illustrations. An excellent and informative history. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protector, as new. All books shipped in boxes. N° de réf. du vendeur 092592
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A 1st edition, fine copy in a fine dust jacket. l380 pages, 44 pages of notes, bibliography, 6 maps, pictures and diagrams are included. Tracey Rihll uses ancient literary sources and modern precision engineering texts to tell the story of this the beginning of "Mechanized Warfare.". N° de réf. du vendeur 007875
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