02-25-2005, 02:11 PM
Another question for our specialists: there are references to women given their hair to fit the machines during certain sieges and I vaguely remember reading something about the exceptional stretching quality of hair, animal or human. You seem to imply that actually hair was not so good for the torsion springs?<br>
And the IInd C BC find of a modioli is finally only logical. I suppose that once the hellenistic engineers got the system right and the right calculations for the calibers, they logically went for bigger, but also for smaller machines.<br>
I'll leave the specialists answer the question about power and accuracy. All I've read about it is that these weapons are both impressively powerful and amazingly accurate. <p></p><i></i>
And the IInd C BC find of a modioli is finally only logical. I suppose that once the hellenistic engineers got the system right and the right calculations for the calibers, they logically went for bigger, but also for smaller machines.<br>
I'll leave the specialists answer the question about power and accuracy. All I've read about it is that these weapons are both impressively powerful and amazingly accurate. <p></p><i></i>
