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Locks, firearms > Wheel locks

Preferred term

Wheel locks  

Definition

  • Early type of lock in which a spring-driven steel wheel rotates rapidly against a piece of iron pyrite, producing sparks which fall into a pan of gunpowder, igniting it. [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Locks, wheel
  • Wheel-locks
  • Wheellocks

Notation

  • 117117

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-MN8KWRGF-V

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