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The Asian war bow

Timo A. Nieminen

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Abstract

The bow is one of the earliest complex machines, a prime example of the storage and transfer of energy. The physics of the bow illuminates compromises and design choices made in Asian military archery.

arXiv comments
4 pages, 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Melbourne, 2010
Journal reference
Timo A. Nieminen, "The Asian war bow", in E. Barbiero, P. Hannaford and D. Moss (eds), 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, ACOFTAOS, 2010. [Unpaginated, CD-ROM, ISBN 978-0-9775657-6-4]
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Subjects
physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics physics.pop-phPopular Physics

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