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  2. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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    21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.

  3. Ottoman weapons - Wikipedia

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    Bows and arrows and maces. There are three kinds of recurve bow : war (tirkeş), target (puta), and long-range (menzil) bows.All three types were made of four materials: wood, horn, tendon and adhesive.

  4. Turkish archery - Wikipedia

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    The Turkish bow is a recurved composite bow used in the Ottoman Empire.The construction is similar to that of other classic Asiatic composite bows, with a wooden core (maple was most desirable), animal horn on the belly (the side facing the archer), and sinew on the front, with the layers secured together with animal glue.

  5. Arbalest - Wikipedia

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    The arbalest (also arblast), a variation of the crossbow, came into use in Europe around the 12th century. [1] The arbalest was a large weapon with a steel prod, or bow assembly. Since the arbalest was much larger than earlier crossbows, and because of the greater tensile strength of steel, it had a greater force.

  6. How Syria rebels' stars aligned for Assad's ouster - AOL

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    After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey plans for ...

  7. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    The need for an escapement mechanism that steadily controlled the release of the stored energy, led to the development of two devices, the stackfreed (which although invented in the 15th century can be documented no earlier than c.1535) and the fusee, which first originated from medieval weapons such as the crossbow. [109]

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