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IT is now some years since I first noticed the fact that in a number of flint weapon heads in my possession a distinct spiral could be traced in the form, this being evidently due in part to the direction of the line of fracture in the flint, but also in part to an exaggeration of this by the hand of the workman. In the last number of the Scientific American is depicted an arrow-head with the edges very distinctly feathered, so that if the weapon with which it was armed was propelled with any great rapidity, its revolution would be a matter of necessity and would result in a greater steadiness in its line of trajectory.
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TAIT, L. Feathering in Flint Weapons. Nature 10, 245 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010245b0
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