Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: pierson@cimnet.dec.com Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Roman missiles? Message-ID: <7162@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Jun 89 01:56:57 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 30 Approved: military@att.att.com From: pierson@cimnet.dec.com In article <7100@cbnews.ATT.COM>, jharper%euroies.ucd.ie%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Jerry Harper) writes... Jerry Harper inquires, in part: >From: Jerry Harper >.... >Just as an afterthought, I would also like a reference on the construction >of siege engines and artillary pieces deployed in this period (indee, up to >mediaeval times if possible). The one I have is "The Crossbow" by Payne-Galwey(sp?). (first name escapes me). I believe this is originally ca 1920, mine is a mid 50's reprint. Its been reprinted at least once since. No ISBN, sorry. Roughly 30% of 250 pages is various siege engines, including the full scale, functional replicas Payne-Galwey built... [mod.note: I'll add a book I skimmed several years ago. "Engineering in the Ancient World", as I recall the title; author unknown. The book covered lots of other stuff, such as shipbuilding, architecture, roads, plumbing, etc, etc, and also talked about construction of siege engines. - Bill ] Thanks dave pierson !the opinions are my own, Digital Equipment Corp !the facts as true as i can manage 600 Nickerson Rd Marlboro, Mass 01742