04-25-2008, 03:40 PM
Excellent account, Duncan! 
It was Marsden the first one in placing the 'lunate fitting' in vertical position.:wink: The reason was the same: To deny beforehand that Ps-Heron's Cheiroballistra could be a hand-held weapon with thin springs :roll:
BTW: I've become the proud owner of tthe 1918 edition of Schramm's 'Die antiken Geschütze der Saalburg' with the colour lithographic diagrams. They look far better than on the 1980 reprint! 8)
Aitor
It was Marsden the first one in placing the 'lunate fitting' in vertical position.:wink: The reason was the same: To deny beforehand that Ps-Heron's Cheiroballistra could be a hand-held weapon with thin springs :roll:
BTW: I've become the proud owner of tthe 1918 edition of Schramm's 'Die antiken Geschütze der Saalburg' with the colour lithographic diagrams. They look far better than on the 1980 reprint! 8)
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