Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 252
he stone, swung round in the sling, tends to fly off at atangent, and tightens the sling with an intensity which isproportionate to the centrifugal force ; but it is held backby the hand, which in whirling round the sling restrains theflight of the charge it contains. The stone escapes at atangent… … 250 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL. to miss their aim (Judges xx. 16). What makes theirskill appear more surprising still was that they managedthe sling with the left hand. The men who came toDavids help at Ziklag were no less adroit ; they usedat mil either the right hand or the left. David…
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