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The Asian war bow

History and Philosophy of Physics 2011-01-11 v1 Popular Physics

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.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1101.1677,
  title  = {The Asian war bow},
  author = {Timo A. Nieminen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1677},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Melbourne, 2010

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