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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1. THE PROJECTILE-THROWING ENGINES OF THE ANCIENTS AND TURKISH AND OTHER ORIENTAL BOWS OF MEDIÆVAL AND LATER TIMES2. PREFACE3. PART I INTRODUCTORY NOTES ON ANCIENT PROJECTILE ENGINES4. PART II THE CATAPULT (WITH A SLING)5. PART III THE BALISTA6. PART IV THE TREBUCHET7. PART V HISTORICAL NOTES ON ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL SIEGE ENGINES AND THEIR EFFECTS IN WARFARE8. Introductory material9. PART I THE TURKISH BOW—CONSTRUCTION AND DIMENSIONS10. PART II THE BOW-STRING11. PART III THE ARROW12. PART IV THE METHOD OF STRINGING A TURKISH, PERSIAN OR INDIAN BOW.13. PART V THE HORN GROOVE14. PART VI THE THUMB-RING.15. PART VII THE RANGE OF THE TURKISH BOW