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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Charlesdrakew
published on 01 December 2021
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Two members of the Sealed Knot demonstrate matchlock firing as used by musketeers, for example, during the English Civil War (1642-51). The priming charge has fired but not yet the main charge. At Fernhurst Furnace, West Sussex, England.

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