pumpkin chunkinblog 1.
by: haylie bullock
- the first trebuchet was introduced by the chinese, some time before the 4th century bc. they were mostly used in the middle ages as weapons. the trebuchet make use of a mechanical advantage of a lever. the lever is pulled down by either human force or some kind of weight and the released, when released the arm wings forward launching the object forward. in the middle ages they used these to launch weapons at the enomy and be able to keep a safe distance at the same time.