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	Trebuchet.com
		In June and July of 1191, Richard the Lionheart (King of France) laid siege to the city of Acre as part of the medieval Crusades.
		On one side the Templars' trebuchet wreaked impressive devastation, while the Hospitallers trebuchet also never ceased hurling, to the terror of the Turks.
		The count of Flanders had had a choice trebuchet, which King Richard had after his death, as well as another trebuchet which was not so good.
	www.trebuchet.com (0 words)

	Trebuchet
		Trebuchets are not to be confused with catapults.
		It is customary to mention that trebuchets were sometimes used to hurl Greek fire, dead animals, severed heads, and live POWs; but the usual missile was simply a big round rock.
		If the trebuchet is 'dry fired' with no missile at all it will hop and kick and buck and threaten to tear itself apart; don't do that.
	www.tbullock.com /trebuchet.html (2663 words)

	Trebuchet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The trebuchet is thought to have been invented in China between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC.
		The counterweight trebuchet evolved from the simpler Chinese traction trebuchet.
		Trebuchets are often referred to as a variety of catapult, though this word is today generally reserved for a device powered by elastic energy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trebuchet (2953 words)

	Trebuchet Construction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Trebuchets might have a fixed counterpoise, a pivoted counterpoise, or a counterpoise that could be slid up and down the arm to adjust for range.
		Modern experiments suggest that a trebuchet with an arm about 50 feet (15 meters) long would have been capable of throwing a 300-pound (135-kilogram) stone to a distance of 300 yards (275 meters); such a trebuchet would have had a counterpoise of about 10 tons.
		Trebuchet is powered by counterweight whereas catapult is operated by a sudden release of tension on wooden beam or twisted cords of horsehair, gut, sinew, or other fibers.
	www.mech.utah.edu /NEWS/Events/trebuchet.htm (829 words)

	Trebuchet MS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trebuchet MS is a sans-serif typeface designed by Vincent Connare for Microsoft Corporation in 1996.
		Microsoft refers to Trebuchet MS as “a good web design font”, and it is one of their 'Core fonts for the Web'.
		Trebuchet MS has been included with several Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system, components of the Office productivity suite, and the Internet Explorer web browser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trebuchet_MS (312 words)

	Trebuchet - WoWWiki, the Warcraft wiki
		This allows the whirlwind trebuchet to be turned in a wide arc to be quickly aimed at new targets, but also restricts it to lighter projectiles.
		The crew of a whirlwind trebuchet is made up of a commander and six "runners" who load the weapon and then pull the ropes on the far end of the lever arm to throw the projectile.
		The tiger trebuchet was given its nickname by tauren who watched Alliance projectiles tear through their fortifications in the Barrens "like unstoppable beasts." The lever arm of a tiger trebuchet is mounted to an axle atop a large triangular frame.
	www.wowwiki.com /Trebuchet (314 words)

	Trebuchet
		The Trebuchet was a middle-age weapon used for the siege of castles.
		Before the advent of gunpowder and the cannon, the trebuchet was the biggest and best weapon an army had for attacking a manned castle.
		I wanted a trebuchet that would be able to easily throw a one to three pound object a respectable distance, say 150 feet.
	www.angelfire.com /zine2/jjohnson98/trebuchet/treb.html (348 words)

	Trebuchet
		Trebuchet was an invaluable Medieval siege attack weapon, similar to a catapult, which was used for hurling heavy stones to smash castle or city walls.
		The force of the Trebuchet was capable of reducing castles and cities to rubble.
		The trebuchet reached Europe during the Medieval era in 500 AD and was used extensively by the French and the troop of men were replaced with a large fixed, or pivoting, counterbalance weight.
	www.castles.me.uk /trebuchet.htm (991 words)

	Dan Becker's Trebuchet Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A trebuchet is a gravity powered catapult which was used extensively in the middle ages.
		Like a seesaw, a trebuchet is also pivoted in the middle, but the two participants are the counter-weight and the projectile.
		I later found that the trebuchet experiences quite a bit of side to side rocking and a wider base might be more appropriate.
	www.io.com /~beckerdo/other/trebuchet.html (2291 words)

	Trebuchet: The Trebuchet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Simply put, a trebuchet is a mechanical thrower, doing to stones and other unprepared objects what the bow and ballista do to arrows and bolts.
		Trebuchet were used in seige warfare against castles.
		Because of this dual role and the fact that the trebuchet fired higher-angle shots than the cannons that would supercede it, [Van Creveld 100-1] the cannon was for a long time not considered a replacement and the two artillery pieces were often used along side each other.
	web.grinnell.edu /techstudies/vick/treb.html (871 words)

	Trebuchet Class
		This is a sketch of a traction trebuchet recreated from a wall painting in the palace of Piandjikent, Transoxania.
		Traction trebuchet on the background castle and a hybrid in the foreground.
		This is primarily because on a traction trebuchet, a man is often assigned to hold the sling and projectile until milliseconds after the “pullmen” have started the firing process.
	www.geocities.com /wolfram_von_taus/HowTo/Trebuchet_Class.htm (3826 words)

	Legion XXIV - Trebuchet Page
		The Trebuchet did not exist to be used by the Roman Legions, although the Onager catapult developed by the Romans, equipped with a sling, foreshadowed the mechanics and action of a Trebuchet of the Middle Ages.
		RIGHT The Trebuchet "At Rest" with the throwing arm in a vertical position with the counterpoise weight hanging under it and the sling hanging from the upper end of the arm.
		The Trebuchet was made largely obsolete by the development of large caliber gunpowder weapons in the 1500's - The first of which (cannon barrels cast on the field of battle) were utilized by the Ottoman Turks in the siege of Constantinople in 1453.
	www.legionxxiv.org /trebuchetpage (1621 words)

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		Trebuchets were used to destroy castle walls by hurling heavy stones through them.
		The materials that were used were white ash wood to build the trebuchet, lead to the counter weight, and an assortment of hardware for assembly.
		The trebuchet is an example of a simple machine, a first class lever.
	www.osc.edu /education/past_projects/ssd/2000/trebuchet.doc (243 words)

	Trebuchet
		Known by its 14th-century French name, trebuchet (pronounced tray-boo-shay), it's not to be confused with a catapult, a much smaller device that throws rocks with a spoon-like arm propelled by twisted ropes or animal gut.
		That's because engravings usually depict the trebuchet hurling boulders, and there is no way to determine what the rocks weigh, or the counterweight necessary to fling them.
		Kennedy points out: Trebuchets were often used to fling ambassadors and prisoners of war back over castle walls, a sure way to demoralize the opposition.
	asylum.apocalypse.org /pub/u/zonker/fpp/html/trebuchet.html (1233 words)

	Wright State University Trebuchet Competition: Prequalification Check Sheet
		Trebuchets that fail the initial qualification process will be subject to 1 penalty barrage in the first match.
		Recoiling trebuchets (with wheels) must be on a platform (board) to stop rolling motion.
		The trebuchet shall consistently throw a squash ball a horizontal distance of at least 30 feet before ground impact to qualify.
	www.cs.wright.edu /trebuchet/check-sheet.shtml (760 words)

	[chall] Trebuchet
		Trebuchets advanced the concepts of pendulums and equations of motion.
		When the counterweight is fixed to the short end of the trebuchet beam, as with first generation models, less of the potential energy was converted into kinetic.
		As the trebuchet is released from rest, the sling moves close to the fulcrum.
	justin.turnthecrank.com /edu_treb.jsp (1758 words)

	Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Trepanation Kit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Trebuchet was invented by Mariano Taccola, "the Sienese Archimedes." This war machine was invented during the Middle Ages (around 1400 AD) in order to destroy the great walls of the enemy palaces.
		The trebuchet was designed to throw heavy stones against the walls and simultaneously kill the enemies.
		The trebuchet has two crates at the opposite side of the basket in which the stone is to be put.
	www.smith.edu /hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/trebuchet2.html (192 words)

	Trebuchet - BattleTechWiki - Sarna.net Classic BattleTech Wiki
		The primary weapons on the Trebuchet are a pair of Zeus LRM 15 launchers.
		Backing these up for close range work is a trio of Magna Mk II Medium Lasers, which provide the Trebuchet with weapons when the LRM ammunition has been depleted and also discourages lighter 'Mechs from attempting to intercept the Trebuchet.
		TBT-5J - The 5J variant of the Trebuchet is a tradeoff that sacrifices firepower for mobility.
	www.sarna.net /wiki/Trebuchet (503 words)

	Review: Tabletop Trebuchet kit
		Small trebuchets and related siege engines don't have to be made out of wood (a certain commercially available ABS plastic modular construction system seems rather popular...), but wood makes 'em look authentic.
		If you want a trebuchet that looks as if it were made by a Japanese puzzle box master, then you'll need to do some sanding before you assemble this thing.
		Because the Tabletop Trebuchet's release pin is just a 3/16th inch brass peg that sits in a matching hole in the end of the arm, you can easily make multiple pins and swap them in as needed, rather than pound away on one piece of metal.
	www.dansdata.com /treb.htm (2264 words)

	Wright State University Trebuchet Competition: FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A trebuchet, pronounced treb-u-shay, was used in medieval times as a weapon to catapult heavy stones at enemy fortifications.
		The Trebuchet Competition is a dynamic and thrilling sporting event in which student teams use trebuchets-which they design and construct as a classroom project-for hurling...
		In building their trebuchets, students also learn about the cost, quality, time, performance, manufacturability, usability, and reliability that are required to build the subjects of their designs.
	www.engineering.wright.edu /trebuchet/faqs.shtml (353 words)

	The Bicycle Wheel Trebuchet design (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In my table top project (See the table top trebuchet project) I use a simple piece of wire like a coat hanger and this was sufficient.
		Now my original intention was to just use this part of the bike in the trebuchet but after tinkering around I thought that I might as well use more parts from the bike and I fussed around with how to use the fork for this axle in the design.
		The size of this Trebuchet: The swing arm is exactly four feet long and the base is 40 inches long.
	www.stormthecastle.com /trebuchet/bicycle-wheel-trebuchet-index.htm (581 words)

	Trebuchet Project (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After researching trebuchet construction on the web, David drew up a sketch of the trebuchet.
		The trebuchet has now been moved to the field behind our house (away from windows and cars).
		The camera work is a bit unsteady as the bottle went out of my sight vertically (est 100 ft high) and landed about 125 feet from the trebuchet.
	www.bronkalla.com /trebuchet/Trebuchet.htm (496 words)

	Instructables The Office supplies trebuchet
		I do realize that at this point, the trebuchet is starting to somewhat morph into a catapult, but the cool thing is...
		It was a really wicked trebuchet but i sorta had 2 make a few ajustments, but apart from that, i was kool.
		Wheels increase the range of any trebuchet as it allows the weight to fall straighter towards the ground, making it more and more effecient.
	www.instructables.com /id/E9N3IONHLIEP287NKS (1797 words)

	Desktop Trebuchet
		This humungous catapult was the weapon of choice for many a marauding army, and that's hardly surprising because the Trebuchet was capable of obliterating a castle wall with one well-aimed hit.
		As you may have surmised, the Desktop Trebuchet Kit is not quite as devastating as its full-sized counterpart, but it's considerably more amusing since it can be used to fling soggy lumps of squished-up tissue and other office detritus at annoying colleagues.
		Although it's a blast from the past, the Desktop Trebuchet Kit is infinitely more effective than flipping gum with a ruler or boinging rubber bands at the boss.
	www.firebox.com /index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1767&src_t=wnp (559 words)

	Trebuchet
		The trebuchet, "The Manticore" was built for a 4th quarter Physics project.
		Our assignment was to create a throwing device that would fling a rubber ball about 30 meters, however, the machine would have to fit inside a capsule 2meters, by 1.8meters, by 1.2 meters and the ball could not be propelled by any kind of explosion or motorized engine and whatnot.
		This was all after our third quarter project, research and write a report on catapults, trebuchets, ballistas, various other seige engines and throwing devices in general.
	mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us /~catamount/trebuchet.htm (318 words)

	David's Trebuchet Page
		There are many types of engines that are designed for the same purpose as a trebuchet, namely throwing large rocks great distances, but the one with which the trebuchet is most often confused is the catapult.
		All trebuchet owners know that a treb is superior to a catapult, and are ready to explain why at a moment's notice.
		But remember, a trebuchet owner's first duty is to educate, and such a situation is a valuable opportunity to teach others, most of whom are eager to learn something new.
	www.bamsoftware.com /trebuchet/index.html (733 words)

	Trebuchet Home Page
		A trebuchet is a medieval siege warfare weapon used to break down the walls of castles.
		Trebuchet supports MCP 2.1 for close-knit client-server cooperation.
		Trebuchet was written by the silly people at the institute for the mildly insane, more commonly known as FuzzBall Software.
	www.belfry.com /fuzzball/trebuchet (1160 words)

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