File:Ancient Mechanical Artillery. Pic 01.jpg
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Summary
Reconstructions of ancient mechanical artillery in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalburg" class="extiw" title="en:Saalburg">Saalburg Museum</a>, Hesse, Germany
- Left standing: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybolos" class="extiw" title="en:Polybolos">Polybolos</a>, a 3rd century BC repeating catapult (reconstruction by the German engineer Erwin Schramm (1856–1935))
- Right standing: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_of_Byzantium" class="extiw" title="en:Philo of Byzantium">Philo</a>'s Chalkotonon, a bronze-spring catapult (reconstructed by Schramm as "Erzspanngeschütz")
- Bottom center: Wooden chain-drive mechanism of the Polybolos
- Bottom right: Philo's Aerotonon, a pneumatic catapult displayed without tripod stand (reconstructed by Schramm as "Luftspanngeschütz")
- Background, on wall: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes" class="extiw" title="en:Gastraphetes">Gastraphetes</a>, a Greek crossbow
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| current | 10:20, 3 January 2017 | | 2,400 × 1,600 (1.21 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Reconstructions of ancient mechanical artillery in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalburg" class="extiw" title="en:Saalburg">Saalburg Museum</a>, Hesse, Germany <ul> <li>Left standing: <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybolos" class="extiw" title="en:Polybolos">Polybolos</a></i>, a 3rd century BC repeating catapult (reconstruction by the German engineer Erwin Schramm (1856–1935))</li> <li>Right standing: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_of_Byzantium" class="extiw" title="en:Philo of Byzantium">Philo</a>'s <i>Chalkotonon</i>, a bronze-spring catapult (reconstructed by Schramm as "Erzspanngeschütz")</li> <li>Bottom center: Wooden chain-drive mechanism of the <i>Polybolos</i> </li> <li>Bottom right: Philo's <i>Aerotonon</i>, a pneumatic catapult displayed without tripod stand (reconstructed by Schramm as "Luftspanngeschütz")</li> <li>Background, on wall: <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes" class="extiw" title="en:Gastraphetes">Gastraphetes</a></i>, a Greek crossbow</li> </ul> |
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