The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 144
. Although the matchlock arquebus, which was made lighter, and wasthen called mou^quct, continued to be the usual arm of infantry until thetime of Louis XIII., many serious objections to the use of the ^erpenthicontinued. It compelled the soldier always to have a lighted match, orsome means of… … Fig. 69.—Arquebus with Wheel and Match. then the priming-pan had to be opened; these operations were, so to speak,impossible for mounted men, who at the same time had to manage theirhorses. About 1517 the Germans invented the screw-plate called a rouet,—wheel-lock (Fig. 69). To the Spaniards is due…
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