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Topic: Religions > Atheism
User: "Fred Stone"
Date: 21 Feb 2005 12:08:57 PM
Object: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6461/trebuch.html
The trebuchet:
The greatest weapon from the
ancient world. A reminder that
great machines have been built by
man since the dawn of time and
that we can never say the best are
yet to come.
© Filip Radlinski 1996, 1997
Please acknowledge my work.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
.

User: "J Forbes"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 21 Feb 2005 11:36:19 PM
Fred Stone wrote:
My teenage boys have been interested in trebuchets for years. One is
doing an "experiment" in physics class about them.
When we were in Scotland a few years ago, I had to take a picture of
this one, which was on TV and in Smithsonian magazine
http://www.selectric.org/0main/terbuchet.jpg
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum!
http://www.selectric.org
.
User: "Fred Stone"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 22 Feb 2005 06:51:12 AM
J Forbes <jforbspam@fastmail.fm> wrote in news:nxzSd.2710$MY6.2483
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

Fred Stone wrote:

My teenage boys have been interested in trebuchets for years. One is
doing an "experiment" in physics class about them.

The local university (Youngstown State) had a "turkey shoot" where the
engineering students competed to build catapults or cannons and fire
frozen turkeys at targets. One of the animal rights orgs was rather
embarrassed when they protested the treatment of the turkeys before
finding out all the details. :-)

When we were in Scotland a few years ago, I had to take a picture of
this one, which was on TV and in Smithsonian magazine

http://www.selectric.org/0main/terbuchet.jpg


NOVA built two trebuchets in a series on ancient engineering:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
.
User: "J Forbes"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 22 Feb 2005 09:02:24 AM
Fred Stone wrote:

J Forbes <jforbspam@fastmail.fm> wrote in news:nxzSd.2710$MY6.2483
@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

When we were in Scotland a few years ago, I had to take a picture of
this one, which was on TV and in Smithsonian magazine

http://www.selectric.org/0main/terbuchet.jpg




NOVA built two trebuchets in a series on ancient engineering:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/

The one in my picture was at Castle Urquhart...one of the ones built
on NOVA.
--
Jim
Visit the Selectric Typewriter Museum!
http://www.selectric.org
.



User: "stoney"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 24 Feb 2005 11:45:59 AM
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:08:57 +0000 (UTC), Fred Stone
<fstone69@earthling.com> wrote:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6461/trebuch.html

The trebuchet:
The greatest weapon from the
ancient world. A reminder that
great machines have been built by
man since the dawn of time and
that we can never say the best are
yet to come.

© Filip Radlinski 1996, 1997
Please acknowledge my work.

Cartoons
http://www.siege-engine.com/PillsburyCartoons.shtml
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
.

User: "L. Raymond"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 21 Feb 2005 02:07:43 PM
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:08:57 +0000 (UTC), Fred Stone wrote:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6461/trebuch.html

Interesting timing. I was just at this site last week, which I hit on
while looking for a good photo model for my guillotine. What took you
there?
--
L. Raymond
.
User: "Fred Stone"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 21 Feb 2005 02:33:52 PM
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in news:5s0ucq2fpres
$.sjn6v3w2sbfj.dlg@40tude.net:

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:08:57 +0000 (UTC), Fred Stone wrote:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6461/trebuch.html


Interesting timing. I was just at this site last week, which I hit on
while looking for a good photo model for my guillotine. What took you
there?


A link from the StrategyPage warblog. I was interested because of the game
Medieval: Total War.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far?
.
User: "L. Raymond"

Title: Re: OT: Physics of the Trebuchet 21 Feb 2005 03:12:21 PM
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:33:52 +0000 (UTC), Fred Stone wrote:

"L. Raymond" <badaddress@mylinuxisp.com> wrote

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:08:57 +0000 (UTC), Fred Stone wrote:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6461/trebuch.html


Interesting timing. I was just at this site last week, which I hit on
while looking for a good photo model for my guillotine. What took you
there?


A link from the StrategyPage warblog. I was interested because of the game
Medieval: Total War.

Have you seen the Grey Company's site? It's an excellent place to
find info on siege machines in general:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html
And this is an excellent page of links, too:
http://derrel.net/ie/siege.htm
--
L. Raymond
.




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