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Locks, firearms > Wheel locks

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Wheel locks  

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Definición

  • 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]

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Etiquetas alternativas

  • Locks, wheel
  • Wheel-locks
  • Wheellocks

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

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