The Theory and Practice of Archery

About this eBook

Author

Butt, W. (William), 1826-1911

Title

The theory and practice of archery

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Archery

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41643

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41643

Release Date

December 17, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ARCHERY — THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHERY
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — PLATES.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. OF THE ENGLISH LONG-BOW
6. 6.CHAPTER II. HOW TO CHOOSE A BOW, AND HOW TO USE AND PRESERVE IT WHEN CHOSEN
7. 7.CHAPTER III. OF THE ARROW
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. OF THE STRING, BRACER, AND SHOOTING-GLOVE — The Bracer or Armguard. — The Shooting-Glove, and other Protections for the Fingers.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. OF THE GREASE-BOX, TASSEL, BELT, ETC — The Grease Box. — The Tassel. — The Belt, Quiver, etc. — The Scoring Apparatus. — The Register. — The 'Ascham.' — The Targets. — The Target-Stands. — The Quiver.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. OF BRACING, OR STRINGING, AND NOCKING
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. OF ASCHAM'S FIVE POINTS, POSITION STANDING, ETC.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. DRAWING
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. AIMING
14. 14.CHAPTER X. OF HOLDING AND LOOSING — Holding. — Loosing.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. OF DISTANCE SHOOTING, AND DIFFERENT ROUNDS
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. ARCHERY SOCIETIES, 'RECORDS,' ETC.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE PUBLIC ARCHERY MEETINGS AND THE DOUBLE YORK AND OTHER ROUNDS. — ROYAL TOXOPHILITE SOCIETY'S HANDICAP MEETINGS — SCOTCH PUBLIC MEETINGS — AMERICAN NATIONAL ARCHERY MEETINGS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. CLUB SHOOTING AND PRIVATE PRACTICE — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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