Do-It-Yourself Engineering. Episode 18, Build a Ballista, Onager, and Trebuchet.

Build your model ballista. Then construct two other types of catapult - the onager and trebuchet - designed such that they store the same amount of energy as your ballista. Field test all three to determine which throws a golf ball farthest. Will the winner be the weapon from the Hellenistic (ballis...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Ressler, Stephen
Weitere Verfasser:
Ressler, Stephen (SchauspielerIn)
Format:
Elektronisch Film
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses, 2017.
Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Zusammenfassung:
Build your model ballista. Then construct two other types of catapult - the onager and trebuchet - designed such that they store the same amount of energy as your ballista. Field test all three to determine which throws a golf ball farthest. Will the winner be the weapon from the Hellenistic (ballista), late Roman (onager), or medieval era (trebuchet)? You may be surprised!
Umfang:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Anmerkungen:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Format Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Schlagworte:
Engineering.
Education films.
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