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Learn the art of archery, this CD contains a collection of ten {10} vintage books on one Gift Quality CD.
Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow. Archery has historically been used for hunting and
combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity. One who practices archery is typically known as an
"archer" or "bowman," and one who is fond of or an expert at archery can be referred to as a "toxophilite."
Additional Notes on Arrow Release:
:: I received many items and sketches from all parts of the world and
now, nearly thirty-five years after, I have compiled this information
and the present paper is the result.
:: 74 pages.
American archery a vade mecum of the art of shooting with the long bow (1917):
:: This book was prepared as an act of the National Archery Association of the United States, and its publication authorized
at the annual meeting of that body in 1916. It is made possible by the efforts of its principal author and its editor, both being Dr.
Robert P. Elmer, present and for three years past Champion archer of the United States. American and other archers will be grateful to Dr.
Elmer
:: 340 pages.
Ancient and modern methods of arrow release:
:: When 1 began collecting data illustrating the various methods of releasing the arrow from the bow as practiced by different races, I
was animated only by the idlest curiosity. It soon became evident, however, that some importance might attach to preserving the methods of
handling a weapon which is rapidly being displaced in all parts of the world by the musket and rifle.
:: 60 pages.
Anecdotes of Archery:
:: The Bow is the most ancient, and hath been the mofl universa!, of all weapons; and probably was used against; the beasts of the
forests, long before men made war upon each other:—We find it used by the most powerful and civilized, as
well as the most barbarous and uncultivated, nations.
:: 120 pages.
Archery Theory and Practice:
:: If you are already an Archer, it is hoped the perusal of the following pages may assist your onward progress in the noble Art — if
one of those benighted beings who know it not, then that it may at least induce you to commence its study; having done so, there is littie
fear of your ever abandoning the pursuit.
:: 167 pages.
Bows and Arrows - A chapter in the evolution of archery:
:: For a short, straight-limbed bow it curves slightly downward from that for the longbow. Backwardly curved tips produce convexity
upward, as do strongly reflexed limbs of the kind employed in the Turkish bow, and some modern bows which employ modifications of such
limbs. Hence the energy at full draw is relatively.
:: 38 pages.
The Book of Archery - being the complete history and practice of the art, ancient and modern (1841):
:: For the body, archery provides a wholesome and graceful exercise : to the mind it proves a spurce of a thousand romantic
speculations, since its history is a brief chronicle of England's martial daring, for at least six centuries. " I am no stranger unto you,"
says a curious treatise, by an old writer, entitled The Lament of the Bow ; " but by birth your countrywoman, by dwelling your neighbour, by
education your familiar ; neither is my company shameful, for I haunt the light and open fields ; nor my conversation dangerous—nay, it
shields you from dangers, and those not the least, the dangers of warre.
:: 584 pages.
The Theory and Practice of Archery (1887):
:: No excuse need be offered to archers for presenting to them a new edition of the late Mr. Horace A. Ford's work on the Theory
and Practice of Archery. It first appeared as a series of articles in the columns of the ' Field,' which were republished in book form in
1856 ; a second edition was published in 1859, which has been long out of print, and no book on the subject has since appeared. Except,
therefore, for a few copies of this book, which from time to time may be obtained from the secondhand booksellers, no guide is obtainable by
which the young archer can learn the principles of his art.
:: 360 pages.
The Witchery of Archery - a complete manual of archery (1878):
:: I have not purposed writing a history of archery. My object has been to present, in the simplest way, some of my own adventures by
field and flood, from which the reader might easily gather a comprehensive knowledge of the theory and practice of a sport which is as
harmless and fascinating as it is old and honorable. It may not be amiss, however, to here sketch an outline of the
rise of archery in England, the great mother of
archers
:: 280 pages.
Yahi Archery (1918):
:: Archery is nearly a lost art. Among civilized peoples it survives only as a game. It is well known, however, that even as late as two
centuries ago the bow was a vigorous competitor with the flintlock in warfare. Benjamin Franklin at the beginning of the Revolution
seriously considered the possibility of arming the American troops with the longbow, as a cheaper and more effective weapon than the
flintlock1 musket. That the archery even of the American Indian was, during the early periods of occupation, substantially as effective as
the musketry of the period is attested in the historic records of some of the explorers. 2 Such aboriginal archery has, of course, undergone
a great decadence since the rifle has supplanted the bow
:: 92 pages.
Collection of Bow Articles:
:: Fourteen {14} plans and how-to's from vintage magazine articles, learn how to make your own Bows, Arrows, Slingshot, Arrow Case, even
a Crossbow, among others.
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