A summary of the history, construction and effects in warfare of the projectile-throwing engines of the ancients, with a treatise on the structure, power and management of Turkish and other Oriental bows of mediæval and later times

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By the same Author.
THE CROSSBOW, MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN, MILITARY AND SPORTING: Its Construction, History, and Management. WITH A TREATISE ON THE BALISTA AND CATAPULT OF THE ANCIENTS. With 220 Illustrations. Medium 4to. 63 s. net.
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., 39 Paternoster Row, London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta.
A SUMMARY OF
THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION AND EFFECTS IN WARFARE OF THE PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES OF THE ANCIENTS WITH A TREATISE ON THE STRUCTURE, POWER AND MANAGEMENT OF TURKISH AND OTHER ORIENTAL BOWS OF MEDIÆVAL AND LATER TIMES
BY SIR RALPH PAYNE-GALLWEY, B T.
FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1907 All rights reserved