The art of the catapult: build Greek ballistae, Roman onagers, English trebuchets, and more ancient artillery
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"The Art of the Catapult, Second Edition, features updated instructions and diagrams for building ten authentic working model catapults, including an early Greek ballista, a Roman onager, and the English trebuchet."--
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Artillery -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Ballista -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
Ballista -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Catapult -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
Catapult -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Weapons, Ancient -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
Weapons, Ancient -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Weapons, Ancient -- Juvenile literature.
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Gurstelle, W. (2018). The art of the catapult: build Greek ballistae, Roman onagers, English trebuchets, and more ancient artillery. Second edition. Chicago Review Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gurstelle, William. 2018. The Art of the Catapult: Build Greek Ballistae, Roman Onagers, English Trebuchets, and More Ancient Artillery. Chicago Review Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gurstelle, William, The Art of the Catapult: Build Greek Ballistae, Roman Onagers, English Trebuchets, and More Ancient Artillery. Chicago Review Press, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gurstelle, William. The Art of the Catapult: Build Greek Ballistae, Roman Onagers, English Trebuchets, and More Ancient Artillery. Second edition. Chicago Review Press, 2018.
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504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Introduction: The days before gunpowder -- Always be careful -- The science of siege -- Catapults around the world -- Shooting snakes in a barrel: the catapults of Alexander the Great -- To the last man: Jotapata -- A black flag flies over Acre: Saladin,Richard, and the Third Crusade -- The great khan's catapults -- Cabulus, the great horse trebuchet -- -- The flour sack thrower of Gibralter -- John Crabbe: tinkerer, sailor, soldier, spy -- The hammer of the Scots -- The sun sets on catapult warfare. | |
520 | |a "The Art of the Catapult, Second Edition, features updated instructions and diagrams for building ten authentic working model catapults, including an early Greek ballista, a Roman onager, and the English trebuchet."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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