The Stonebow and Bullet Crossbow

The Stonebow and Bullet
Crossbow

	Page
Cranequin ( French End of the Fifteenth Century) with Metal Loop for Stock and Cogs on the Upper Surface of the Ratchet Bar	144
Improved Cranequin (German, Sixteenth Century)	144
A Crossbowman with a Stonebow	147
Spanish Crossbowmen with Cranequins and Goat's Foot Levers	151
A Crossbowman with a Stonebow	153
Shooting Birds at Night with a Stonebow	153
A Sixteenth Century Stonebow which was Bent by Hand	157
The Parts of a Lock of a Primitive Stonebow , Its Sights and the Manner of Fixing the Bow to the Stock	158
The Parts of the Lock of the Primitive Stonebow as Fitted into the Stock	159
Stonebow with a Lever Fixed in Its Stock (Seventeenth Century)	161
Stonebow with a Lever Fixed in Its Stock (End of Seventeenth Century)	162
Small Target and Sporting Crossbow and Its Wooden Lever (German, End of Seventeenth Century)	165
A Small Sporting Crossbow being Strung by Its Wooden Lever	167
The Bolt with Four Feathers Used with the Sporting Crossbow	168
Sixteenth Century Crossbow Lock as It Appears Before the Bowstring is Stretched to the Notch in the Stock	170
The Bowstring Securely Held in the Notch in the Stock by the Top of the Catch	170
Surface View of the Stock with the Bowstring Secured by the Catch of the Lock and the Bolt in Position	171
The Lock Cocked	172
The Effect of Pulling the Trigger to Discharge the Crossbow	172
The Lock of a Sixteenth Century Sporting Crossbow of Large Size	173

Part III
The Construction and Management of Crossbows (continued): Modern

Crossbow Shooting at the Bird as Now Practised in Saxony
176

The English Bullet Crossbow
178

The String on the Catch of the Lock and the Lever Hinged Forward Ready to Bend the Bow 180

Bending the Crossbow
182

The Crossbow with Its Bow Bent and Ready to be Aimed and Discharged
183

The Bastard String and Its Clamps
184

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