Constituebatur autem in eam arietaria machina, quae graece dicitur criodocis, in qua conlocabatur torus perfectus in torno, in quo insuper constitutus aries rudentium ductionibus et reductionibus efficiebat magnos operis effectus.
Now there was constructed in the tortoise a machine for the ram, which in Greek is called criodocis. In this was fixed a roller finished on the lathe, on which the ram was placed, and being drawn forwards and backwards by ropes, produced great effects.
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