ARTILLERY CONSTRUCTION original: "BELEPOEECA," from the Greek Belopoieika, BOOK 8 The letter "H" serves as the Greek numeral for 8

English Translation from Latin	English Translation from Greek
...[the finger] is split so that it becomes cloven, like those things called scedylia original: "scedylia," likely referring to forked cleats or brackets used in rigging or carpentry. Let the parts be separated by a distance sufficient to accommodate the thickness of the projectile. After this, through the "mouths" the brackets holding the trigger and the aforementioned "finger," let a small axle...	...immediately at the ends, so as to become two-lipped, just like the skendylia forked fittings of covers. Let it stand apart as much as is needed to receive the thickness of the bolt between [the lips], passing through both the "mouths" and the mentioned "finger."

English Translation from Latin

English Translation from Greek

...[the finger] is split so that it becomes cloven, like those things called scedylia original: "scedylia," likely referring to forked cleats or brackets used in rigging or carpentry. Let the parts be separated by a distance sufficient to accommodate the thickness of the projectile. After this, through the "mouths" the brackets holding the trigger and the aforementioned "finger," let a small axle...

...immediately at the ends, so as to become two-lipped, just like the skendylia forked fittings of covers. Let it stand apart as much as is needed to receive the thickness of the bolt between [the lips], passing through both the "mouths" and the mentioned "finger."

The Ruler joined to the Male Slider original: "Regula masculo juncta"

Male Slider (Masculus): The inner sliding beam of the catapult mechanism that fits into the "female" groove of the main frame. It moves back and forth to cock the string.

English Translation from Latin	English Translation from Greek
...be inserted, having its middle section rounded. Let the aforementioned finger, then, be NOP, split at the point N. Let the inserted small axle be M. Finally, at the part OP, let a certain small iron ruler regula; a straight-edge or locking bar, QR...	...let a pin be pushed through, rounded in the middle, inside the mentioned finger N X O The Greek text uses the letter Xi (ξ), whereas the Latin uses P for the same part, with N being two-lipped. Let the pin to be pushed through be M. And against the part X O of the finger, let a small ruler be placed underneath...