Subject: Re: Crossbow (was Spring Tempering)

From: Matt Balent/HCS/CSC <Matt_Balent/HCS/[email-masked]>
Date: 20 Jun 96 7:55:12 EDT

This book is available from Dover in reprint.
- Matt Balent
(P.S.  How will the bow be cocked? goat's foot, cranequin, hand pressure?
an article when finished would be most appreciated).

>George and others:

>The best book on crossbows is by Ralph Payne-Gallway titled, The 
>Crossbow. Medieval and Modern. Military and Sporting. Its Construction, 
>History, and Management.  ISBN 0-946323-14-3.  First published in 1903, 
>but recently reprinted.  Was available from Edward Hamilton, Bookseller. 
>It has detailed diagrams of crossbows, including trigger mechanisms.  
I>t also has great sections on the balista, catapult, trebuchet, other 
>projective engines, and the Turkish bow.  The illustrations alone are 
>worth the cost of the book.

>D.C. Hufford

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:32:56 -0600

>It also has great sections on the balista, catapult, trebuchet, other

If you are in Chicago check out the amazing exhibit of crossbows and
related items at the Art Institute. Worth the trip.

Bob