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

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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

THE PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES OF
THE ANCIENTS

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