Parts of a Crossbow

Parts of a Crossbow

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End Section of the Brass Groove and of the Fore End of the Top of the Stock with the Groove Driven into Its Mortice	109
How each End of a Crossbow String was Sometimes Strengthened by an Auxiliary Loop	111
The Skein : The Skein Wrapped with Fine Thread : The Finished Bowstring	112
One of the Metal Clamps to which the Bastard String is Attached : Front and Surface Views	114
One of the Clamps Screwed to One End of the Bow with One End of the Bastard String Attached to It : Side View	114
The Crossbow with Its Bow Sufficiently Bent by the Bastard String to Allow Its Bowstring to be Fitted into the Notches at the End of the Bow	115
The Clamps and the Bastard String Removed and the Bow Fitted with Its Bowstring	117
Crossbow Finished	118
The Handle End of the Windlass : Surface and Side View	120
The Fore End of the Windlass : Surface and Side View	121
The Windlass Attached to the Crossbow Preparatory to Bending Its Bow	122
The Crossbow with Its Bow Bent by the Windlass and Its Bowstring Secured Over the Fingers of the Nut	123
Crossbowmen - Fifteenth Century	124
The Bolt for the Crossbow	126
End View of the Butt of the Bolt and the Feathers	127
Section of the Metal Head of the Bolt	127
Position of the Revolving Nut Before the Crossbow was Bent	127
The Bowstring on the Nut and the Bolt in Position	128
Crossbow Bolt with Flanges Cut in Its Shaft to Take the Place of Feathers	128
The Slurbow	129
Crossbowmen	132
A Crossbow with a Cranequin Fitted to the Stock Preparatory to Bending Its Bow	133
Decorated Crossbow and Its Cranequin , the Latter being in Position for Bending the Bow (German, sixteenth Century)	135
The Backsight of a Sixteenth Century Sporting Crossbow	136
Position of the Bolt on the Stock of a Crossbow which had No Groove Down Its Centre	137
A Cranequin and Its Mechanism	138
Section of the Stock of the Crossbow , Showing the Position of the Cranequin when It is Fitted for Bending the Bow	140
A Cranequin with Its Mechanism Fitted	141
A Crossbow Having Its Bow Bent by a Cranequin	143

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