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Show Greek and Roman Artillery, Greek ordinance which wp adopted adopt-ed by tho Romans without any material ma-terial alteration was, almost without exceptions, dependent on tbo bund-bow bund-bow principle, sa.vs the Technical .Win Id Magazine On tr)lng to shoot n larger bullet to grentcr distances, the elastic urms of the bow wore nee-eHsarily nee-eHsarily made so strong ns to be no longer susceptible of tightening by hand A tension shaft bad therefore to bo fitted t" the bow, which shaft was tightened with levers or hand wheels Finally, as tho power of bows altoget i fulled to insure tho elllclenc.v de red, their bending elasticity elas-ticity was teplaced b) tho tenslonnl elastlclt) of ncura, that Is, ropes niado from animal sinews, woman's hnlr, or, In un emorgenc), horsehair. |