eldpistolen
English translation: pistol tinder
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| 5 | pistol tinder |
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| 3 -1 | Roman candle gun |
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| 2 -1 | flintlock pistol |
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peer agreement (net): -1Roman candle gun Explanation: I guess it must be understood as firearm From ref 1 Having invented the wheel-lock, the gun-maker next turned his hand to designing guns that could fire two or more rounds without reloading. Roman Candle GunThe obvious answer to this need was to make guns with two or more barrels, and a lock for each barrel. Many weapons were designed on these lines, including the German 16th century gun illustrated here. It has two barrels one above the other; each barrel has its own wheel-lock. From ref 2 One interesting solution to the reloading problem was the "Roman Candle Gun". This was a muzzleloader in which multiple charges and balls were loaded one on top of the other, with a small hole in each ball to allow the subsequent charge to be ignited after the one ahead of it was ignited. It was neither a very reliable nor popular firearm, but it enabled a form of "automatic" fire long before the advent of the machine gun. Reference: http://www.scotwars.com/html/equip_firearms2.htm Reference: http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Firearm |
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peer agreement (net): -1| eldpistol flintlock pistol Explanation: Doesn't fit your timeline exactly, but it's a suggestion. The forerunner of the modern lighter was the flintlock pistol, which was based on the Stone Age way of igniting combustible material - striking flint against iron. http://www.nibogroup.com/Catalogue/tabid/69/Default.aspx http://www.swedishmatch.com/en/Our-business/Lights/History-o... Common smokers mostly used matches until the flint lighter became more popular. By 1908, the flint lighter was refined enough (and small enough) to fit inside a pocket. Special flint made specifically for lighters (ferrocerium) went into mass production at this time. Obviously, flint is a fraction of the cost of platinum. Using platinum as a catalyst faded out and flint took its place. This lit the kindling which would light the fire that fueled rise of the lighter. http://www.bugstores.com/shop/view_doc.php?view_doc=5 French courtier Marin le Bourgeoys made the first firearm incorporating a true flintlock mechanism for King Louis XIII shortly after his accession to the throne in 1610... The new system quickly became popular, and was known and used in various forms throughout Europe by 1630. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintlock_pistol -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2009-02-19 22:37:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Eld-" does not necessarily mean that fire is visibly produced or so; it may just mean that fire production is part of the internal mechanism of the pistol. Cf. Swedish "eldvapen" = fire arm. |
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pistol tinder Explanation: See the first reference link for a Swedish description. See the second reference link at page 134 for an English description, complete with image of a "pistol tinder." It is indeed a fire starter that resembles a flintlock pistol, being derived from the same. Reference: http://www.bgf.nu/ljus/u/pasch.html Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=yn6Mhdj5IyUC&pg=PA134&lpg=P... |
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