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ArtLex's Se-Sf page (3743 words) |
 | Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene, 2250-2150 BCE, Late Akkadian period, chert, height 1.1 inches (2.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. |
| American, [two versions of the] Seal of the United States Department of State, which is based upon the Great Seal of the United States of America. |
| - An early, pre-Classical, transitional style of mid-fifth century BCE Greek statuary that is formal but not rigid in pose and emphasizes the principle of weight distribution; a liberation from the archaic limitation of frontal rigidity found in Egyptian portrait statues. |
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Crossbow - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (1384 words) |
| Triggers are known to have been used on crossbows from the early 1400s. |
| In the later 1400s, steel manufacturing advanced significantly, and was more commonly used in spring production. |
| A crossbow prod was made out of spring steel,steel prods being very common by the early 1500s as their performance was more uniform, except in very cold weather. |
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