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12th Century Early Artillery
[edit]The Trebuchet
[edit]Trebuchet Origination
The trebuchet is first documented to be originating from China
The counter-weight trebuchet is credited to Villard De Honnercourt who sketched the idea in a sketchbook between 1220- 1240 A.D[1].
References
[edit]Chevedden, Paul E. “The Invention of the Counterweight Trebuchet: A Study in Cultural Diffusion.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers, vol. 54, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, 2000, pp. 71–116, https://doi.org/10.2307/1291833.
- ^ Chevedden, Paul E. (2000). "The Invention of the Counterweight Trebuchet: A Study in Cultural Diffusion". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 54: 71. doi:10.2307/1291833.