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Axial Spin and Weapons of the Ancients

Nature volume 140, page 1016 (1937)Cite this article

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As one interested primarily in linguistic studies, I should like to suggest two points, one in confirmation and to amplify, the other a query, arising from Sir Gilbert Walker's article on “Mechanics of Sport” in NATURE of October 2.

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  1. Classical Rev., 30, 46–8 (1916).

  2. Trans. Philolog. Soc., 101–5 (1936).

  3. Duff, J., “Bows and Arrows”.

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  1. Department of Latin, University College, Cardiff

    L. J. D. RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, L. Axial Spin and Weapons of the Ancients. Nature 140, 1016 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401016a0

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