Archery (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1894)
Longman, C. J., Walrond, H. Col., Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 356
W 307 perhaps, fig. 146 has most advantages. The ‘/goting’should be solid for about an inch in front of the pile, and should reach up to the end. of it, or élse on the arrow striking a hard substance the pile‘will be driven back and splinter the footing _at the shoulder which is cut to receive the… … Fic. 146, Ofdinary feather Fic. 147. Parabolic or balloon feather = : ote : pa coming lower on the hand will make a differerice in the ele- vation, as the end of the pile acts as a foresight in taking aim. The ordinary length of gentlemen’s arrows is 28 inches, and of ladies’ 25 inches, but longer…
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