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THE
PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES
OF THE ANCIENTS
AND
TURKISH AND OTHER ORIENTAL BOWS
OF MEDIÆVAL AND LATER TIMES
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. 63s. 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, BT.
FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1907
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