. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. The balista for throwing stones, (represented in the followingwood cut,) consisted of a strong lever, one end of which wasmade fast in a twist of ropes, and the other scooped out in theform of a spoon, for containing the stone &c. to be thrown. Whenunbent the lever stood perpendicular. In working it, the end ofthe lever was brought down, by means of a windlass, to a hori-zontal position, by which the ropes were twisted to their greatesttension; the stone or missile was laid on in its proper place andthrown by the recoil of the le
. The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war. The balista for throwing stones, (represented in the followingwood cut,) consisted of a strong lever, one end of which wasmade fast in a twist of ropes, and the other scooped out in theform of a spoon, for containing the stone &c. to be thrown. Whenunbent the lever stood perpendicular. In working it, the end ofthe lever was brought down, by means of a windlass, to a hori-zontal position, by which the ropes were twisted to their greatesttension; the stone or missile was laid on in its proper place andthrown by the recoil of the lever to a great distance, often withtremendous effect. Engines of both kinds, of a larger size, were RALVENTIUS BELfi,E. 261 more commonly called Balistce, those of a smaller size. Catapul-tce, which see. BALISTA FOR THROWING STONES OR OTHER IIAW Balventius, i, (Titus, i,) a man of distinguished courage, who hadboth his thighs pierced with a dart, in the attack which Ambiorixmade upon the legions which he had deceitfully persuaded toleave their camp. Basilus; See Minucius. Batavia, ae, f. v. Insula Batavorum, (United Provinces,) often calledHolland, from its being the largest of them; a country at themouth of the Rhine. It was denominated an island, from beingbounded on two sides, by the southern and northern branches ofthe Rhine, and on the third by the sea. B. IV. Ch. 10. Batavi, orum, the people of Batavia, originally a branch of theCatti, a German nation. Belgae, arum, a people originally of German extraction, who inhab-ited the third division of Gaul, which was bounded on the southby the Matrona, (Marne,) and the Sequana, (Seine;) on the eastand north by the Rhenus, (Rhine,) and on the west by Fretum Brit-tannlcum, (English Channel.) Strictly speaking, Fretum Brit-tannicum, v. Gallicum, was confined to the Straits of Dove
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