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Snaphance

A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of firearm lock in which a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan ignites the priming powder which fires the gun. It is the mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and doglock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism.

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Snaphance

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples57
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Snaphance

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related to Name · 28
Snaphance → Blekinge, Danish, Danish Guerilla-man, Denmark, Duke John, During, Dutch Snaphaan, Estonian, Finland, Halland, In, In German, In Swedish, King Gustav, Royal Armoury, Russian, Scania, Scanian Wars, Schnapphahn, Second Northern
related to Use · 16
Snaphance → Britain, By, Dutch Republic, English, Fragility, France, German, Germans, Hollanders, However, It, James Turners' Pallas Armata, Royal Armoury's, Scots, The, The French
related to References · 8
Snaphance → Brian Godwin, Classic Arms, Fair, London Park Lane Arms, Militaria Magazine, Spring, The English Snaphance Lock, XVI Issue
related to Design · 5
Snaphance → English, Like, The, These, Upon

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flintlock mechanism steel pan lock snaplock flint wheellock firearm dutch also matchlock earlier cock century english used priming miquelet use

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Snaphancerelated to DesignLike0.60section
Snaphancerelated to DesignThe0.60section
Snaphancerelated to DesignUpon0.60section
Snaphancerelated to DesignEnglish0.60section
Snaphancerelated to DesignThese0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameThe0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameDutch Snaphaan0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameIn German0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameSchnapphahn0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameThe French0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameDuring0.60section
Snaphancerelated to NameSecond Northern0.60section

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