Compound bow
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compound-bow-178-15482786
title:
Compound bow
text:
In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wilbur Allen in North Kansas City, Missouri, and a US patent was granted in 1969. Compound bows are widely used in target practice and hunting. The pulley/cam system grants the user a mechanical advantage, and so the limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow. This rigidity makes the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of bow for archery
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_bow
date created:
2002-09-12T00:52:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T19:55:38Z
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