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ARTILLERY

original: BELEPOEECA

B 3

English Translation from Latin	English Translation from Greek
...the iron-toothed ruler; indeed, when the slider Diostra: the inner sliding board of the catapult was released, the locking-bolt Cataclida: a pawl or catch was held by one of the teeth of the ruler, and therefore the slider could not be pulled back by the bowstring. This same arrangement also protected the other side of the pipe-case Syrinx: the outer housing of the machine. Furthermore, they called this entire machine a "Belly-bow" original: Gastrapheten because the bowstring was pushed back by the force of the belly.	...sideways to the teeth. Once the slider Diostra was set, it braced the locking-bolt Cataclida against one of the teeth, so that the slider could no longer be drawn back by the bowstring. This same thing also happened on the other side of the pipe-case. They called the whole instrument a "Belly-bow" original: gastrapheten, since the drawing back of the slider original: toxilidos was achieved through the belly.
Thus, through the use of the aforementioned machine, it happened that a larger bolt could be sent over a greater distance. However, wishing to increase both—namely the missile's size and the range of its flight—engineers sought a way to make the arms of the bow more powerful. Because they were unable to achieve the intended goal using bows made of horn Composite bows were traditionally made of wood, horn, and sinew, they kept the rest of the components equal to those already described, but prepared for themselves sturdy arms made of wood, indeed larger than those used in the bow itself. They constructed a rectangular frame Plinthium: a heavy wooden box-frame from four very strong timbers, such as the shape A B C D, having joints in the upright bars AB and CD. After this, they wound sinew-cords original: neruos around the transverse rulers AD and BC. These cords were prepared and bundled in an orderly fashion using an instrument called a "tightener" Symbolium: a winch or winding tool, with as much tension as was required...	* it happened Through the mentioned instrument, it happened that a larger bolt was sent out, and over a greater distance. But wanting to increase both the bolt and the range, and seeking to make the arms original: ankonas of the bow more high-tensioned, yet being unable to obtain the goal through the use of horns, they made the other parts similar to those previously described. But having made the arms of high-tension wood and larger * bow than those prepared in the wooden bow, they fixed a rectangular frame Plinthium of four strong bars, such as α β γ δ, having * sockets/joints joints original: tormous from the upright bars α β γ δ. Around the cross-bars through β γ, they threw sinew-cords, weaving them by means of a tool, making a sufficient winding with a tightening-device Symbolium. And having placed them around, they tightened them with great force. First * a bundle a bundle original: demou; then, placing another bundle in order, they struck in small wedges...

English Translation from Latin

English Translation from Greek

...the iron-toothed ruler; indeed, when the slider Diostra: the inner sliding board of the catapult was released, the locking-bolt Cataclida: a pawl or catch was held by one of the teeth of the ruler, and therefore the slider could not be pulled back by the bowstring. This same arrangement also protected the other side of the pipe-case Syrinx: the outer housing of the machine. Furthermore, they called this entire machine a "Belly-bow" original: Gastrapheten because the bowstring was pushed back by the force of the belly.

...sideways to the teeth. Once the slider Diostra was set, it braced the locking-bolt Cataclida against one of the teeth, so that the slider could no longer be drawn back by the bowstring. This same thing also happened on the other side of the pipe-case. They called the whole instrument a "Belly-bow" original: gastrapheten, since the drawing back of the slider original: toxilidos was achieved through the belly.

Thus, through the use of the aforementioned machine, it happened that a larger bolt could be sent over a greater distance. However, wishing to increase both—namely the missile's size and the range of its flight—engineers sought a way to make the arms of the bow more powerful. Because they were unable to achieve the intended goal using bows made of horn Composite bows were traditionally made of wood, horn, and sinew, they kept the rest of the components equal to those already described, but prepared for themselves sturdy arms made of wood, indeed larger than those used in the bow itself. They constructed a rectangular frame Plinthium: a heavy wooden box-frame from four very strong timbers, such as the shape A B C D, having joints in the upright bars AB and CD. After this, they wound sinew-cords original: neruos around the transverse rulers AD and BC. These cords were prepared and bundled in an orderly fashion using an instrument called a "tightener" Symbolium: a winch or winding tool, with as much tension as was required...

* it happened Through the mentioned instrument, it happened that a larger bolt was sent out, and over a greater distance. But wanting to increase both the bolt and the range, and seeking to make the arms original: ankonas of the bow more high-tensioned, yet being unable to obtain the goal through the use of horns, they made the other parts similar to those previously described. But having made the arms of high-tension wood and larger * bow than those prepared in the wooden bow, they fixed a rectangular frame Plinthium of four strong bars, such as α β γ δ, having * sockets/joints joints original: tormous from the upright bars α β γ δ. Around the cross-bars through β γ, they threw sinew-cords, weaving them by means of a tool, making a sufficient winding with a tightening-device Symbolium. And having placed them around, they tightened them with great force. First * a bundle a bundle original: demou; then, placing another bundle in order, they struck in small wedges...