On the Construction of Engines of War (Belopoeeca) (1616) - Page 24

original: BELOPOEECA

ON ARTILLERY CONSTRUCTION

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Next, constructing another frame similar to this rectangular frame original: Plinthio, and joining both together in a mounting-frame original: peripegmate held together by wooden rails, they arranged it so that the arms would face toward the outer parts and provide the force of the strike. At the ends of the arms, they fitted the bowstring of the arc itself; they made these parts curved and, so that the string would not slip out from there, they secured them with small pins, as seen at points O-P and Q-R. They set up the rest of the parts exactly as previously described. They called the cords by which the arms were held apart the tone original: tonum. Some called it the single-tone original: unitonum, while others called it the half-tone original: Hemitonium. Furthermore, the small axles by which the cords were twisted they called over-yokes Epizygidas: iron pins or levers used to hold and adjust the tension of the sinew bundles, and some made these out of iron...	Having constructed and bound both together in a single mounting-frame original: peripēgmati by means of wooden rails, so that the arms original: ankōnas might face toward the outside to provide the recoil and the force; they attached a bowstring original: toxitin neuran to their tips, making them curved. They secured these to the arms with pins at the points epsilon, omicron, pi, rho, so that the string would not slip off. The rest of the parts they made the same as those previously mentioned. They called the cords holding the arms the sinew-tone original: neuratonon. Some called it the inner-tone original: enatonon, and some the half-tone original: hēmitonion. The small axles that twisted the tone the tensioned spring they called over-yokes Epizygidas: cross-bars used for tightening and securing torsion springs. They made these out of iron. Since it happened from the described construction that the twisting and ten-

English Translation from Latin

English Translation from Greek

Next, constructing another frame similar to this rectangular frame original: Plinthio, and joining both together in a mounting-frame original: peripegmate held together by wooden rails, they arranged it so that the arms would face toward the outer parts and provide the force of the strike. At the ends of the arms, they fitted the bowstring of the arc itself; they made these parts curved and, so that the string would not slip out from there, they secured them with small pins, as seen at points O-P and Q-R. They set up the rest of the parts exactly as previously described. They called the cords by which the arms were held apart the tone original: tonum. Some called it the single-tone original: unitonum, while others called it the half-tone original: Hemitonium. Furthermore, the small axles by which the cords were twisted they called over-yokes Epizygidas: iron pins or levers used to hold and adjust the tension of the sinew bundles, and some made these out of iron...

Having constructed and bound both together in a single mounting-frame original: peripēgmati by means of wooden rails, so that the arms original: ankōnas might face toward the outside to provide the recoil and the force; they attached a bowstring original: toxitin neuran to their tips, making them curved. They secured these to the arms with pins at the points epsilon, omicron, pi, rho, so that the string would not slip off. The rest of the parts they made the same as those previously mentioned. They called the cords holding the arms the sinew-tone original: neuratonon. Some called it the inner-tone original: enatonon, and some the half-tone original: hēmitonion. The small axles that twisted the tone the tensioned spring they called over-yokes Epizygidas: cross-bars used for tightening and securing torsion springs. They made these out of iron. Since it happened from the described construction that the twisting and ten-