Assertion: catapult | /r/CapableOf | launch projectile
Facets:
value: easily
type: MANNER
value: in an overhead arc
type: LOCATION
value: at the enemies
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: across long distances
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Fun Science Facts behind Catapult Using a catapult now launching a projectile is quick and easy and there are no explosives required.
text: In modern times, catapults using hydraulic pressure, tension, or other force are used to launch gliders, aircraft, or missiles.
text: The Mangonel could launch missiles across long distances.
text: The Mangonel fired projectiles in an overhead arc, the angle of the path of the projectile could be determined by a block placed on the beam that stopped the Mangonel's arm by using a block that stopped the arm earlier than 90o angle would result in a path angle (above the horizontal) equal to the the angle between the arm and the 90o angle.
text: Unlike the earlier torsion engines and later counterweight trebuchet, the mangonel operated on manpower pulling cords attached to a lever and sling to launch projectiles.
text: Mangonels were catapults that utilized force of torsion caused by twisting ropes and releasing them, allowing the mangonel to launch its projectile.
text: You have probably seen figures in your physics textbook that show a catapult launching a projectile and then equations that calculate the resulting trajectory.
text: The Catapult launched large rocks or projectiles at the enemies to smash down castle walls or kill mass amounts of enemy solders at one time.
text: Catapults could easily launch projectiles 500 to 1000 feet with a surprising amount of force behind them.