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1481 - the world's earliest dated handgun

19th May 2010, 06:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiridonov

Was the paint made of minium or cinnabar on you arquebese? It was mixed by linen oil or eggs?

It is minium (red lead), as I stated; nothing is known about the mixture.

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