Flint gunlock for a 12-pounder cannon on a wooden breech
Cannon were traditionally fired using a lighted fuse, a method that always entailed a certain delay. Replacing the fuse with a flintlock enabled the cannon to fire imme-diately. From 1810, the Dutch Navy introduced flintlock mechanisms on cannon, known as gunlocks. The wooden dummy (the breech) was intended to show the gunmaker the exact position of the flintlock.
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Flint gunlock for a 12-pounder cannon on a wooden breech
Cannon were traditionally fired using a lighted fuse, a method that always entailed a certain delay. Replacing the fuse with a flintlock enabled the cannon to fire imme-diately. From 1810, the Dutch Navy introduced flintlock mechanisms on cannon, known as gunlocks. The wooden dummy (the breech) was intended to show the gunmaker the exact position of the flintlock.
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Cannon were traditionally fire ...... act position of the flintlock.
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Kanonnen werden vanouds afgest ...... an het vuursteenslot te tonen.
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Rijksmuseum
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Flint gunlock for a 12-pounder cannon on a wooden breech
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Vuursteenslot voor een kanon van 12 pond op een houten kulas
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1820
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1820
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c. 1801
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ca. 1801
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extent
breedte 49 cm
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depth 40.2 cm
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diepte 40,2 cm
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height 22.3 cm
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hoogte 22,3 cm
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width 49 cm
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Collectie: Marinemodellenkamer
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Collection: Navy Model Room
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provenance
...; transferred from the Mini ...... The Hague, to the museum, 1883
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temporal
eerste kwart 19e eeuw
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first quarter 19th century
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