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  2. Compound bow - Wikipedia

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    In modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. [1] 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.

  3. Holless Wilbur Allen - Wikipedia

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    Allen was born July 12, 1909, in Stilwell, Kansas.In the 1960s, he sawed the ends off a conventional recurve bow and then added pulleys to each end. [1] Allen experimented with a number of designs to apply for a patent on June 23, 1966, [2] and U.S. patent 3,486,495 was granted to him in December 1969.

  4. Binary cam - Wikipedia

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    The binary cam is a design for the pulley system of a compound bow. Craig Yehle, director of research and development at Bowtech Archery, received a patent [1] for the design on December 11, 2007. Bowtech started equipping its bows with the new cam design in the 2005 model year. [2] [3]

  5. Composite bow - Wikipedia

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    This is the Ottoman development of the composite bow, presumably brought from the steppes. Turkish bows evolved, after the decline of military archery, into probably the best traditional flight bows. Their decoration often included delicate and beautiful multicoloured designs with gold. [1] [32]

  6. Archer's paradox - Wikipedia

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    Less powerful bows require arrows with less dynamic spine. (Spine is the stiffness of the arrow. [14]) Less powerful bows have less effect in deforming the arrow as it is accelerated (see Euler buckling, case I) from the bow and the arrow must be "easier" to flex around the riser of the bow before settling to its path.

  7. Best compound interest investments - AOL

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    You’ve heard about it often enough, most likely when choosing a 401(k) investment, but compound interest can multiply your money. The name of the game with compound interest is time, and the ...