The History , Construction and Effects In Warfare of The Projectile Throwing Engines of The Ancients

The Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients

The Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey

A Summary of
The History, Construction and Effects in Warfare
of the
Projectile Throwing Engines
of the Ancients
by
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey

Longmans, Green and Company
39 Paternoster Row, London
New York Bombay and Calcutta
1907

The Projectile Throwing Engines of the Ancients

Contents Part

I.       Introductory Notes on the Ancient Projectile Engines            3
II.      The Catapult                                                                       11
III.     The Ballista.                                                                        21
IV     The Trebuchet                                                                     27
V.     Historical Notes on Ancient and Medieval Siege Engines
        and Their Effects in Warfare                                                  31

PREFACE

SINCE my recent book on medieval archery and ancient weapons was issued,¹ I have obtained a considerable amount of information concerning the projectile engines of the Greeks and Romans. I now print a concise account of the history, construction, and effects in warfare of these engines.

In this summary the additional notes I have acquired are included.

R. P. G.

Thirkleby Park,
Thirsk
Dec. 1906

¹ The Crossbow, Medieval and Modern, Military and Sporting : Its Construction, History, and Management. With a Treatise on the Ballista and Catapult of the Ancients. 220 illustrations. Messrs. Longmans & Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London

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