The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 146
a. Although the matchloek arquebus, which was made lighter, and wasthen called momqud, continued to be the usual arm of infantry until thetime of Louis XIII., many serious objections to the use of the serpentincontinued. It compelled the soldier always to hâve a lighted match, orsome means of… … Fig. 69.—Arquebus with Wlieel and Match. then the prîming-pan had to be opened ; thèse opérations 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 à rouet,—wheel-lock (Fig. 69). To the Spaniards is…
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