Do-It-Yourself Engineering. Episode 17, A Tale of Three Catapults
(2019, original release: 2017)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (36 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6756797
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

Delve into the history of the most potent artillery weapons in the era before gunpowder: catapults. Examine the workings of the ballista, onager, and trebuchet. Then get started on a model ballista capable of hurling a golf ball 200 feet. Analyze the machine's nylon torsion springs to ensure that they can store enough elastic energy to achieve the required 200-foot range

Film

In Process Record

Stephen Ressler

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

Additional Credits