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The catapult, which is now employed to project aircraft'into the air, lias had a curious history. Once an engine of Avar—when Carthage was taken by the Romans in 1'46 B.C. the besiegers used "120 srrcat catapults and 281 small ones" —it lapsed into a toy, and remained so for many centuries until it fell into disrepute, Now, again the catapult lias been restored to the battle line, and recently- at- Farnborough, England, a Vickers-Yirgina bomber, weighing nine tons, was catapulted into the air in less than three seconds. The old secret of propulsion, however, has been lost. It depended upon the twisting of rope, sinew, or hair—at tho seige of Carthage the women sacrificed their tresses to supply the necessary skeins —but the method of preparation is now unknown.

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