From Aristotle to Galileo, physicists studied the path of an arrow in flight as a premier example of projectile motion.  Paul E. Klopsteg, a noted 20th-century physicist and meteorologist, combined a recreational interest in archery with the curiosity of a scientific researcher. Klopsteg’s voluminous papers are archived at the American Institute of Physics (biography of Klopsteg). His printed archery collection is held by the OU History of Science Collections.

Cf. Phil Cross, Caddo archery web page.