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increasingly longer so that, when the bow is fully drawn, lineAB becomes line CD. Assuming that line DC is 5 feet 6 inches,then line AB would be 6 inches less or 5 feet. When the stringis at rest, the bow is actually 5 feet long and, when fullydrawn, it is 5 feet 6 inches. Now, when the bow is being
drawn and the string begins to lengthen, the weight appearsto decrease because of this added leverage. In reverse, whenthe string is released, the limbs start their snap back to re-covery causing the string to become shorter as it descends. Thestring picks up added velocity in the exact ratio of its decreas- |
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