Sources
Illustrations and Animations
Scale Models
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An animated image built from three illustrations of a claw from the following book:
Ancient Inventions by Peter James and Nick Thorpe, Ballantine Books, New York, 1994.
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An illustration from the following book:
Engineering in the Ancient World by J. G. Landels, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1978.
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An animation depicting the claw as a trebuchet. Created by Duncan Ellis, an architect associated with Carpenter Oak & Woodland Co. Ltd. of Chippenham UK -- specialists in oak-framed construction, conservation and timber engineering.
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An illustration of a rather elaborate claw from the following book:
Archimedes: The Ingenious Engineer by Christos D. Lazos, Aiolos Publishers, Athens, 1995 (in Greek).
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Detail of an engraving depicting the siege of Syracuse. Notice the use of counterweights in the three levers depicted.
Enlarged image: 121 kilobytes, 640 x 405 pixels, 256 grayscales. |
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An illustration from the following book:
A Picturesque Tale of Progress by Olive Beaupre Miller, The Book House for Children, 1935, (Illustration by Donn P. Crane).
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A very imaginative version of the claw as an underwater "ship shaker". The artist admits that it is pure speculation.
Source: A History of the Machine by Sigvard Strandh, A&W Publishers, Inc., New York, 1979.
Enlarged image: 99 kilobytes, 640 x 402 pixels. |
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A depiction that takes the nomenclature "iron hand" in the ancient sources quite literally. It is a detail of a wall painting in the Stanzino delle Matematiche in the Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy). Painted by Giulio Parigi (1571-1635) in the years 1599-1600.
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