Large size: 258 kilobytes, 1483 x 916 pixels.Ī very imaginative version of the claw as an underwater "ship shaker". Medium size: 137 kilobytes, 640 x 395 pixels. Notice the use of counterweights in the three levers depicted.Įnlarged image: 121 kilobytes, 640 x 405 pixels, 256 grayscales.Ī Picturesque Tale of Progress by Olive Beaupre Miller, The Book House for Children, 1935, (Illustration by Donn P. Large size: 284 kilobytes, 1398 x 1089 pixels.ĭetail of an engraving depicting the siege of Syracuse. Medium size: 104 kilobytes, 616 x 480 pixels. Lazos, Aiolos Publishers, Athens, 1995 (in Greek).
of Chippenham UK - specialists in oak-framed construction, conservation and timber engineering.Įnlarged Animations (699 x 557 pixels, black & white, 39 frames, 19 seconds):Īn illustration of a rather elaborate claw from the following book:Īrchimedes: The Ingenious Engineer by Christos D.
Created by Duncan Ellis, an architect associated with Carpenter Oak & Woodland Co. (A carchesion is a kind of swivel or universal joint.)Īn animation depicting the claw as a trebuchet. Large size: 31 kilobytes, 2040 x 1530 pixels, black & white. Medium size: 31 kilobytes, 640 x 480 pixels, 256 grayscales. Landels, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1978.
A N I M A T I O N SĪn animated image built from three illustrations of a claw from the following book:Īncient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe, Ballantine Books, New York, 1994.Įnlarged Animations (480 x 294 pixels, black & white, 9 frames, 8 seconds):Įngineering in the Ancient World by J.
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