Chinese Repeating Crossbow

Black and white vintage print, depicting a Chinese, repeating bamboo crossbow, before and after a lever is pulled to drop the arrows into place, with a close-up view of the associated arrows in the lower right corner, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Black and white vintage print, depicting a Chinese, repeating bamboo crossbow, before and after a lever is pulled to drop the arrows into place, with a close-up view of the associated arrows in the lower right corner, published in John George Wood's volume "The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world, being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics", 1877. Courtesy Internet Archive. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor
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1024817014
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Date created:
January 01, 1877
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