Ancient projectiles (was: Muzzle Velocity (was: High resolution sleep (Linux))

[Roy Smith]

In article <3f0mi4-mj8.ln1 at lairds.us>, claird at lairds.us (Cameron Laird) 
wrote:

> Hmmm; now you've got me curious.  What *were* the first
> composite projectiles?

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