content_output-033_9 (Q5968)
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The bows of the lighter cross-bows were of wood, of wood and horn, or of combined materials. An early Spanish cross-bow was recently examined, to ascertain the material of which the bow was composed. It was found to be mainly of yew, backed with whalebone, the two bound together with sinews, and the whole embedded in a glutinous composition and varnished.
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