The Oxybeles Catapult of Zopyrus of Tarentum
- KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Robotics
- computing mechanisms
- Automation & Programming
- Telecommunication
- CRYPTOGRAPHY
- astronomy
- AUTOMOTION & AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION
- Steam mobility
- Jet Propulsion
- RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY
- “PNEUMATIC” AUTOMATA
- MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
- TOOLS & MACHINES
- GEODESY & CARTOGRAPHY
- timekeeping
- Gadgets
- HOISTING MACHINES
- ATHLETIC TECHNOLOGY
- Strategy & showing games
- MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
- HYDRAULIC TECHNOLOGY
- NAVAL TECHNOLOGY
- TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY
- ancient theatre technology
- AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
- The Measurements of Man
- PULLING MACHINES
- KINEMATIC MECHANISMS
- WIND & HYDRAULIC ENERGY
- MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
- MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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It was a catapult that launched two arrows simultaneously. The sliding central beam (“slider”) cocked with the help of a manual windlass. The narrow metal claw (retaining pin) held the two half-strings of the bow via a perforated binding lamina. This ensured the even distribution of force to the two arrows at the launch. The catapult was mounted on a base that allowed the horizontal and vertical regulation of the launch angle. SOURCES: “Biton, Construction of War Machines and Artillery”