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<p>In modern <a href="page.php?w=archery">archery</a>, a <b>compound bow</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=Bow_and_arrow">bow</a> that uses a levering system, usually of cables and <a href="page.php?w=pulley">pulley</a>s, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by <a href="page.php?w=Holless_Wilbur_Allen">Holless Wilbur Allen</a> in <a href="page.php?w=North_Kansas_City%2C_Missouri">North Kansas City, Missouri</a>, and a US patent was granted in 1969. Compound bows are widely used in target practice and <a href="page.php?w=bowhunting">hunting</a>.</p><p>
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