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

Note 23 — PART V HISTORICAL NOTES ON ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL SIEGE ENGINES AND THEIR EFFECTS IN WARFARE

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Guillet de Saint George, born about 1625, died 1705. His Life of Mahomet II. was published in 1681. He was the author of several other works, including one on riding, warfare and navigation, termed the Gentleman’s Dictionary. The best edition of this book is in English and has many very curious illustrations. It is dated 1705.

24 Called a new invention because the old siege engine of which this one (probably a trebuchet) was a reproduction had previously been laid aside for many years.

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