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Knights in shining armor, charging each other in great pitched battles, that is the popular view of warfare in the Middle Ages. In reality, most medieval conflicts involved the attacking of castles, a
中世纪攻城战
In the year 1304, Edward Longshanks, more formally known as King Edward I of England, mounted the greatest siege of his reign against the Scots and their castle at Stirling. The attack dragged on. Imp
中世纪攻城战
Trebuchets began in the Far East, in China. But what they were there, were hand-pulled machines, worked by quite large teams of men.
中世纪攻城战
At the end of the 13th century, what was the effective range of an archer, and what was the effective range of a trebuchet. The historical reports differ.
中世纪攻城战
With the manuscript as a starting point, Wayne used a combination of engineering theory and trial and error to come up with a working model.
中世纪攻城战
But the throwing arm will be made from a more light-weight wood - Douglas fir. Wayne calculates that a tree trunk of at least 2 feet in diameter is needed to withstand the stresses of hurling 250-poun
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Renaud was left with no alternative but to hope that a couple of planks will be strong enough to splint the weakened throwing arm. Finally work starts on raising the great trestle s. With each passing
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Even with 12 timber framers pulling, the firing pin won't budge . It is quite normal that I mean the trigger first is stiff, we found that at home. It takes a lot of efforts which is as well as in som
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...one, fire in the hole! Oh, yeah. Renaud’s optimism is justified. The missile falls just a few yards short of the wall and a bit to the right. The team decides to give it one more day. But the nex
中世纪攻城战
Well it's gonna fit. Some point is gonna found. We're off the ground here. After last night's narrow miss,Wayne's trebuchet is repositioned to be more in line with the target. All we're doing is shift
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Come and take a look at the rocks over here. It just pulverize d the stone on the inside. It confirmed what we came here to prove, didn't it? We had a lovely hit smacking in the middle and it smashed
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In terms of the kind of dialogue that existed between attack and defense, it is very clear now to me that the appearance of trebuchet on the scene shifted that balance radically in favor of attack. It
中世纪攻城战
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 March 2006 Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they hold red flags of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, green Islamic flags and Palestinian flags in the
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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A new play in New York centers on Palestinian militants who hid from the Israeli army for over a month in 2002 inside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports that The Siege, not surprisingly, is controversial
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There are more than 100,000 broadcast and cell towers across this country. You use them every time you make a cellphone call or turn on the radio in your car. They're a problem, though, for migrating birds. Every year, millions o
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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 07 July 2007 Pakistani security forces are intensifying their operations outside the Red Mosque in Islamabad where radical clerics are refusing to surrender to government forces. Pakistani media report president Pervez Mush
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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 14 March 2006 Israeli military authorities say a siege at a prison in the West Bank city of Jericho has ended with the surrender of a leading Palestinian militant. The prison s
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New York's Twin Towers Appear in Many Hollywood Films For almost 30 years, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center graced the New York skyline. They were 110 stories high and symbolized strength and optimism. The monumental complex in Lower Manhatt
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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 06 July 2007 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers get down from a truck beside the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad, 06 July 2007 The military siege of a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital intensified, after the group's chie
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In 2013 they will finish building One World Trade Center. It's also known as the Freedom Tower. It will be the tallest building in Manhattan. Tall, schmall, said Hal. Ten years to build it. They built BOTH Twin Towers in just seven years. Those were
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