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22nd November 2013, 09:55 AM
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As the match was not actually kept 'burning' I prefer the term smoldering.
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22nd November 2013, 12:48 PM
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I never knew the precise function of this Indian system.
A match keeper ? Something to compare with the earlier 'smolderer' addressed in this thread ? ... Obviously the match cord in this one is a mediocre solution (a shoe lace, if i remember)  . |
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22nd November 2013, 01:23 PM
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Hi 'Nando,
If you mean the brass tube, that's just a lead for the matchcord. Best, m |
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22nd November 2013, 07:45 PM
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But what is the lower perforated tube for ?
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23rd November 2013, 09:18 AM
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For keeping the cord smoldering at both ends, I suppose.
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23rd November 2013, 02:33 PM
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Joseph Furtenbach , inventor 1626.
"..that prince or general who ... will first supply my invention to all his troops will surely conquer the Turks- yeo the world, for with them his army will be invincible." School of the art of gunnery. Augsburg 1643. |
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15th March 2014, 01:50 PM
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For early 16th c. arquebusier's bandeliers with small powder measures of tinned iron and brass, please see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...940#post167940 m |
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