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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The Medieval era was a period of huge variety and invention in siege warfare. Before the use of cannon and other gun-powder artillery siege engines relied on assorted sources of power from torsion ‘energy storage’ systems to man-power counter-balances and others. This book reveals how technological traditions from the Graeco-Roman world Persia India and above all China made a massive contribution to siege warfare techniques. It also covers developments in military engineering such as mining counter-mining the breaking of walls the use of noxious and chemical fumes and the use of fire-weapons. (LL)