der, were quickly and easily fanned by the breath into a flame. Lucifer-matches have long since superseded this primitive method. The most important application of flint came into existence with the invention of gunpowder ; and until the modern substitution of percussion- caps, flint was the agent… … The English method of manufacturing gun-flints is based upon the natural cleavage of the stone; and not only is much labour thereby saved, but a superior article consequently produced ; the flints having a smooth
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