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The Trebuchet
which would be far too light a weight to be of any service in an engine
of the kind.
The trebuchet is sometimes depicted in mediaeval books with an arm like
Fig. 215. Trebuchets Throwing Barrels Filled with
Earth into the Ditch Outside a Fortress, so as to Enable the Besiegers
to Pass Over It and Apply Their Scaling Ladders to the Walls.
Criticism. - A very elaborate and fanciful drawing.
The counterpoise of the nearer engine could not swing back between the
uprights, and it and the other engine would each require at least six men
to work the windlasses.
The barrels would not be projected 30 yards and the
men working the engines would be slain by the archers on the battlements
of the besieged fortress. |
