Experimental archery: projectile velocities and comparison of bow performances
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 62 (237) , 658-670
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00075050
Abstract
Experimental study with replica bows and projectiles of a variety of types indicates the superiority of archery over the throwing of spears, and makes it possible to indicate a hierarchy of increasing efficiency in the main classes of bows.Keywords
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