tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699820429313289113.post1110091775531366245..comments2024-02-02T19:29:31.953-08:00Comments on Byzantine Military: Byzantine Heavy ArtilleryGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09879366155439374458noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699820429313289113.post-34613811371686953212016-12-13T04:00:59.676-08:002016-12-13T04:00:59.676-08:00hope you will ... mash pumpkins doh !hope you will ... mash pumpkins doh !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699820429313289113.post-58853475780650368102016-12-12T06:27:59.278-08:002016-12-12T06:27:59.278-08:00Interesting to find that trebuchets date back fart...Interesting to find that trebuchets date back farther'n I'd thought. Wish the early writers had got in more technical details, but at least some of the devices sound like what's properly called a traction machine, operated by yanking rather than gravity. Gravitational machines, using a counterweight, came along later, inspired by a device for lifting water (bucket on one end, counterweight on the other.) So I have read in the past. I got to your post yesterday and stuff happened since, so excuse me if I repeat anything you said. Nowadays, people build trebs for fun--I have 4 little ones. There are contests, but this year my favorite ones have fallen on evil times for non-trebuchet-related reasons. I only hope we will get to see pumpkins fly next fall... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699820429313289113.post-64006048408655066782016-12-12T02:08:32.395-08:002016-12-12T02:08:32.395-08:00nice . worthless cause urban made a bigger gunnice . worthless cause urban made a bigger gunAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com