Dynamics of spear throwing

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Baugh, Richard A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0037391048     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1533055     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. The World Atlatl Association, 〈http//www.worldatlatl.org/〉.
2. A Web site that advertises the Chuckit, a device for throwing tennis balls, is 〈http://www.caninehardware.com/products_chuckits.html〉.
3. C. Howard, "The Atlatl: Function and performance," Am. Antiq. 39, 102-104 (1974).
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7. Brian Cotterell and Johan Kamminga, Mechanics of Pre-industrial Technology (Cambridge U. P., Cambridge, 1992), Chap. 7.
8. J. L. Palter, "Design and construction of Australian spear thrower projectiles and hand thrown spears," Archaeol. Phys. Anthropol. Oceania 12, 161-172 (1977).
9. George C. Stone, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times (Jack Brussel, New York, 1934).
10. T. R. Hester, M. P. Mildner, and L. Spencer, Great Basin Atlatl Studies (Ballena, Ramona, CA, 1974), a master's thesis in archaeology on the atlatls and projectiles used in this region.
11. 〈http://www.atlatl.com/〉 the Web site for BPS Engineering, the company that made the atlatl and dart used in the experiment.
12. T. J. Bensky, "Computer sound card assisted measurements of the acoustic Doppler effect for accelerated and unaccelerated sound sources," Am. J. Phys. 69, 1231-1236 (2001).