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

CONTENTS

PART		PAGE
I.	Introductory Notes on Ancient Projectile Engines	[3]
II.	The Catapult	[11]
III.	The Balista	[21]
IV.	The Trebuchet	[27]
V.	Historical Notes on Ancient and Mediæval Siege Engines and their Effects in Warfare	[31]