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    others I suppose‚ but I had yet to witness a catapult that flew a shorter distance then ours. The experiment didn’t necessarily have a set up. We had a measuring tape‚ and it was required that we shoot our marshmallows from the ground. It resulted in a bit of difficulty at first as we watched our marshmallows skid across the tile‚ whilst we argued over which square it landed on. We usually picked the farthest one possible‚ considering our catapult wasn’t exactly up

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    I am Jessica Bogde and the title of my project is‚ “The Catapult.” I chose to do this project because in the fourth grade‚ one of my peers inspired me to build a catapult because she built it as her Science Fair Project. I also wanted to do this project because I love building things and this project just added to my experience in building things. I chose to work alone on this project because I work faster when I am independent because other people mess around sometimes. I also chose to do this

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    The catapult is a one of the earliest weapons used for mass destruction that we know of. They are also one of the simplest weapons to make that would affect a large population. The catapult is a device used to fling an object a very long distance or at a high velocity to inflict damage to a large population. According to Baintighearn Aimiliona Tevnane the first catapult was constructed and used in battle in 400 BC by the Greeks. According to lordsandladies.org It was also that very same year that

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    Catapults are one of the most famous ancient siege weapons among others including battering rams and siege towers. It has been mostly recognized as a weapon of the medieval era‚ but earliest records of catapults been used by a Greek task force in battles at just 399 BC. It was described by the historian Diodorus Sicilus as a “mechanical arrow-firing catapult”. Writings show that it was invented by Dionysus‚ the Elder of Syracuse. Mainly used in Greece‚ Rome and by far England and surrounding city-states

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    Medieval Catapult Investigation I decided to think outside the box for this assignment and have the mindset to try and create a model of a medieval catapult for not only the enjoyment of building it but the understanding of what it was like to live in an era before technology‚ electricity‚ advanced tools and appliances. Trying to figure out what these times were like I tried to create my model to mimic methods used in this era using recycled hard wood‚ soft wood and twine to create an aged look

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    water. British forces relied on air and naval defense against Germany‚ as they knew they had no chance on land due to Germany’s large army. Operation Catapult After France signed an armistice to get out of World War II‚ Britain knew that Germany would try to take over the French navy. To prevent this‚ Britain launched what they called Operation Catapult. Britain would send troops to Algeria‚ which is where much of the French navy fled and give them choices on what they could do. The French could sail

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    Churchill did not follow this course of action‚ which makes it clear that his main priority from the beginning was to keep the French Fleet away from Germany. This is not to say that Churchill did not want to impress Roosevelt and did not use Operation Catapult as an opportunity to do it. He did. Churchill had attempted to persuade the U.S. to enter the war as early as May of 1940.52 Both U.S. assistance and stopping Germany from potentially seizing the fleet were vital to Britain remaining

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    I also thinks Mario is very badly friend! Brother is very tall and fat but still dietaries him friends in catapult me friend.I Love My More greatest Cat because he is ugly and rude too me all days longed. Me will not eat neighbors our children when they are playing in my sand box. I also thinks Mario is very badly friend! Brother is very tall and fat but still dietaries him friends in catapult me friend.I Love My More greatest Cat because he is ugly and rude too me all days longed. Me will not eat

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    the age of cannons‚ gunpowder‚ and modern warfare‚ projectiles were fired using machines generally identified as catapults. Civilizations in the middle ages were the ones to use the catapult the most‚ utilizing basic laws of physics to hit their target. We will look at different designs in catapults and how they function. Even today‚ launching projectiles is a lesson in physics. Catapults are no exception. From the great minds of Greece and Rome‚ we have acquired the concepts that launching a projectile

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    CRA Launch We having been learning more and more about the angles‚ energy‚ and more for when we are building our catapult and how it would launch. We would need the angles that we will launch from and the energy we have for the catapult. Also the kind of energy we will be using to launch the catapult is kinetic energy. The angles we have for the launch are 25° and 32°. So based on our background knowledge‚ the question for this would be‚ which angle will the object travel fastest? For the hypothesis

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