_Test of the Strength of a Bow_ (Vol. iv., p. 56.).--TOXOPHILUS will
find all his Queries well answered in Hansard's _Book of Archery_. The
modern method of proving a bow is very different from that quoted by
PHILOSOPHUS from Ascham, p. 211. A bow is now, I believe, tested by
placing the bow across a piece of stout timber made for the purpose, and
hanging weights to the string till it reaches about twenty-seven or
twenty-eight inches. The weight necessary to do this determines the
power of the bow.