BOWS AND ARROWS — KLOPSTEG 



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Draw 



Figure 8. — A group of force-draw curves for bows of different types. (1) A short bow 

 with straight limbs; (2) a longbow; (3) a straight-limbed short bow with backwardly 

 curved tips (ears); (4) a modern composite bow, as shown in pi. 5; (5) a Turkish composite 

 bow as shown in pi. 2, d. 



