Ancient civilizations created weapons that were remarkably sophisticated for their time, leaving historians and archaeologists fascinated by their ingenuity. This video explores mysterious weapons, ad
I'm not a physicist or anything but my initial thoughts on that flammable liquid that only seemed to be made worse by water?
Could that be anything to do with water being hydrogen and oxygen?
Hydrogen is highly combustable, and for anything to burn it needs oxygen?
Some clever person must surely have a great theory on this?
Creating the pure, high-carbon crucible steel of the Ulfberht swords required forging temperatures over 3000°F. The Vikings were wielding metallurgical anomalies that the rest of Europe wouldn't figure out for another 800 years!
Hate to break it to you, but the Scorpio Ballista was a large siege weapon. Average with of the bow was 7 feet, shooting a solid Iron spear that could pierce through multiple enemies with one shot. The giant Uruk-Hai crossbow catapults from LOTR were based on the Roman Scorpio.
You're talking about a catapult, but you're showing a trebuchet. Two different machines.
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Could that be anything to do with water being hydrogen and oxygen?
Hydrogen is highly combustable, and for anything to burn it needs oxygen?
Some clever person must surely have a great theory on this?