- A
matchlock or
firelock is a
historical type of
firearm wherein the
gunpowder is
ignited by a
burning piece of
flammable cord or
twine that is in contact...
-
called in ****anese and
sometimes in
English hinawajū (火縄銃, "
matchlock gun"), was a type of
matchlock-configured
arquebus firearm introduced to ****an through...
-
early 15th century. The
addition of a
shoulder stock,
priming pan, and
matchlock mechanism in the late 15th
century turned the
arquebus into a handheld...
- the
matchlock which became known as the
tanegashima was
through the
Portuguese in 1543. The
tanegashima seems to have been
based on snap
matchlocks that...
- The snap
matchlock is a type of
matchlock mechanism used to
ignite early firearms. It was used in
Europe from
about 1475 to 1640, and in ****an from 1543...
- to the
barrel length (e.g. 24 inches), to the
firing mechanism (e.g.
matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, or
percussion lock), to the design's
primary intended...
- 16th to 17th centuries.
Locks came in many
different varieties.
Early matchlock and
wheel lock
mechanisms were
replaced by
later flintlock mechanisms...
- was
added to the
arquebus around 1470 and the
matchlock mechanism sometime before 1475. The
matchlock arquebus was the
first firearm equipped with a...
- fire. It was the next
major development in
firearms technology after the
matchlock and the
first self-igniting firearm. Its name is from its
rotating steel...
- The
Matchlock Gun is a children's book by
Walter D. Edmonds. It won the
Newbery Medal for
excellence as the most
distinguished contribution to American...
