- is also
known as the "viper's
bowstring hemp",
because it is one of the
sources for
plant fibers used to make
bowstrings. Like
other members of its genus...
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slows the
arrow about as much as 3.5
grams (0.12 oz) at the ends. Most
bowstrings may be
described as
either simple, reverse-twisted, or looped. Simple...
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warfare or hunting.
Bowstrings may have a
nocking point marked on them,
which serves to mark
where the
arrow is ****ed to the
bowstring before shooting....
- Society.
Bowstring Men (Hema'tanónėheo'o, pl. Héma'tanóohese - ′
Bowstrings, Lit:
those who have
bowstrings′), also
known as the Owl Man's
Bowstring, because...
-
Bowstring is an
unincorporated community in
Bowstring Township,
Itasca County, Minnesota,
United States. The
community is
located 15
miles north of Deer...
-
bridges in the US
started being built on a
large scale in the 1870s.
Bowstring truss bridges were a
common truss design during this time, with their...
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instructs his
fellow actor to be at the next rehearsal, saying: "Hold or cut
bowstrings." The
debate is
centred on
whether this
phrase arose from
military or...
- that is
being flattened. Therefore, the
design is also
called a
bowstring-arch or
bowstring-girder bridge. The
elimination of
horizontal forces at the abutments...
-
methods of
making a
bowstring exist, such as the 'endless loop' and 'Flemish twist'.
Almost any
fiber can be made into a
bowstring. The
author of Arab...
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fiber of silk gr**** (Bromelia karata) as "equal in
durability to our best
bowstrings." Kew
World Checklist of
Selected Plant Families Sir
Robert Hermann Schomburgk;...
