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A Swiss arrow [1] (also known as a Yorkshire arrow, Dutch arrow, Scotch arrow, or Gypsy arrow) is a type of enlarged dart in the shape of an arrow that is thrown with the aid of a lanyard, which is retained by a small notch close to the fletching. It is very similar to an amentum and uses the same throwing principle as a spear-thrower.
A silver Peruvian atlatl from the 12th-15th century Atlatl in use. A spear-thrower, spear-throwing lever, or atlatl (pronounced / ˈ æ t l æ t əl / ⓘ [1] or / ˈ ɑː t l ɑː t əl /; [2] Nahuatl ahtlatl [ˈaʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ]) is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in dart or javelin-throwing, and includes a bearing surface that allows the user to store energy during the ...
Mixtec blowgun Tlacalhuazcuahuitl depicted in the Codex Bodley. Many cultures have used such a weapon, but various indigenous and aboriginal peoples of East Asia, Southeast Asia, Western Europe, North America, Central America (the Huehuetenango region of Guatemala), and South America (the Amazon Basin and the Guianas) are best known for its historical usage.
The chakram (Sanskrit: cakra, cakram; Punjabi: cakkra, cakkram) is a throwing weapon from the Indian subcontinent.It is circular with a sharpened outer edge and a diameter of 12–30 centimetres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 –12 inches).
A selection of African throwing knives in the British Museum. Throwing knives saw use in central Africa. [2] The wide area they were used over means that they were referred to by a number of names such as Onzil, [3] [4] Kulbeda, Mambele, Pinga, and Trombash. [2] These weapons had multiple iron blades and were used for warfare and hunting.
In archery, the bulk of elastic energy is stored in the throwing device, rather than the projectile; arrow shafts can therefore be much smaller, and have looser tolerances for spring constant and weight distribution than spear-thrower darts. For example, stone dart points from the same set tend to vary in mass by no more than a few percent, and ...
Vitruvius gives the following formulas for the hole diameter: it is the length of the bolt divided by 9 for the bolt-throwing machines, or : () /, for the stone-throwing machines, where W is the weight of the projectile in Attic minas (1 mina = 436.6 grams (15.40 oz)), and the hole diameter is measured in dactyls (1 dactyl = 19.3 millimetres (0 ...