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The Huainanzi advises its readers not to use crossbows in marshland where the surface is soft and it is hard to arm the crossbow with the foot. [23] The Records of the Grand Historian, completed in 94 BC, mentions that Sun Bin defeated Pang Juan by ambushing him with a battalion of crossbowmen at the Battle of Maling in 342 BC. [24]
A mounted crossbow machine, the oxybeles was in use from 375 BC [5] to around 340 BC before the torsion principle replaced the tension crossbow mechanism. [6] Pictish imagery from medieval Scotland dated between the 6th and 9th centuries AD do show what appear to be crossbows, but only for hunting, and not military usage.
Sculptural reliefs from Roman Gaul depict the use of crossbows in hunting scenes. Dating to the 2nd century AD, the specimens are remarkably similar to the later medieval crossbow, including the typical nut lock. From their reflexible shape they were composite bows. [12] [13]
The 36-line Bible, also known as the "Bamberg Bible", [1] was the second moveable-type-printed edition of the Bible. It is believed to have been printed in Bamberg , Germany, circa 1458–1460. No printer's name appears in the book, but it is possible that Johannes Gutenberg was the printer.
Illustration of a platformed crossbow in the Wubei Zhi Illustration of a Sun Zi troop formation in Wubei Zhi. The Wubei Zhi (Chinese: 武備志; Treatise on Armament Technology or Records of Armaments and Military Provisions), also commonly known by its Japanese translated name Bubishi, [1] [2] [3] is a military book in Chinese history.
Crossbows and ease of use have brought new people to bow hunting: 107,270 Minnesota archery licenses were sold through Monday, up from 101,555 for all of last year.
Those who took semaglutide lost an average of 13.7% of their starting body weight, while those who used the placebo lost 3.2% of their body weight. But the most significant improvement was in ...
Reproduction of part of the title-page of the first edition of the King James Bible highlighting Robert Barker The 'Judas' Bible in St Mary's Church, Totnes, Devon, England. This is a copy of the second folio edition of the Authorized Version, printed by Robert Barker in 1613, and given to the church for the use of the Mayor of Totnes.