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Scientific instruments of wood. Article describes how M.U. Zakariya reproduces antique scientific instruments using the same tools and methods of earlier centuries. Includes diagrams for making a bow drill (used for drilling holes in wood) and a small microscope made from boxwood. Many other objects are pictured and described.
FINE WOODWORKING #13 Nov 1978 pg. 40

At home in the wilderness. Part 3. Fire. How to use a bow-drill apparatus to start a fire without the need for matches.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #73 Jan-Feb 1982 pg. 78

A drilling device for working in confined space is hand powered by a drawstring wrapped around a pulley and attached to a bow.
WOODWORKER #1080 Nov 1983 (v.87) pg. 683

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