Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.40
At the beginning of the 1500s a new type of ignition system was invented: the wheel-lock, the first self-igniting mechanism for guns. This type of ignition involved a piece of iron pyrites held in the jaws of a cock. When the trigger was pulled the pyrites pressed against the...
Artifact
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id
96671
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object
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citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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wikidata
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"Q60739935"
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import
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accession
1916.4
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Source image fields (4)
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Terms
Culture
Germany, Munich, 18th century
Technique
steel, engraved
Medium
steel, engraved
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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