While on the subject of spine, it is in order to bring upthe subject which Dr. Elmer has named "The archer's para-dox."
Until the mid thirties there was one thing that baffled allstudents of the bow. The question was why does the arrowfollow the line of sight when all reason says that it should veerto the left? Since the arrow is shot from the left side of thebow, the bow itself is pointing to the right of the line of sight(Fig. 21-IC). The bow handle at the arrow plate is approxi-mately 1 inch thick; the string, naturally, bisects the handle.It follows that the right side of the arrow, where it contactsthe bow, is 1/2 inch to the left of the string's path. At fulldraw we have an angle scribing 28 inches on the hypotenuse(arrow) and l/2 inch at the base (distance from center of bowhandle to arrow).
