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Query:

Subject: Did anything like Wile E. Coyote's catapults ever exist?

Date: Mon Sep 5 00:00:44 2005
Posted by Martin
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Ft. Worth State/Province: TX Country: USA
Area of science: Science History
ID: 1125896444.Sh
Message:

The standard Acme catapult you see in the Roadrunner cartoons uses a large
flexion arm to throw a rock.  From my other research, I've only found
ballista-type weapons using flexion; was there any "catapult-style" seige weapon
that worked this way?


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