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Flintlock
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This early product of the industrial revolution replaced the slow-match and greatly increased the speed of naval gunfire. the device consists of a spring-powered hammer into which a flint is inserted. when the hammer is released by pulling a lanyard the flint strikes a steel element known as the frizzen, creating a spark which ignites a small quantity of gunpowder sitting in a pan above the touch-hole (vent), this in turn ignites the main charge. in 1778, captain (later rear admiral) sir charles douglas, recommended the use of flintlocks for naval ordnance and, when the admiralty rejected the idea, bought musket locks at his own expense and installed them on his own ship. by 1790 the admiralty had finally been convinced of the superiority of this form of ignition and installed them throughout the navy. (army gunners were yet more conservative and—even though the infantry introduced “brown bess” flintlock muskets in the early 1720s—flintlocks were not adopted for land artillery until thirty years after the navy, and even then the gunners retained their portfires as backup.)
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Industrial, английский
- Промышленный
- One of the music genres that appears under genre classification in windows media player library. based on id3 standard tagging format for mp3 audio files. id3v1 genre id # 19.
Revolution, английский
- Sudden and radical change in society; a complete overthrow of an established government or political system
- Вращение; обращение; виток; оборот
- N революция (син. turn) cognitive ~ когнитивная революция (син. cognitive turn) rewriting n подстановка rule rhematic a рематический rheme n рема (см. тж. comment; ант. theme)
Recommended, английский
- Refer to oxbow) an abandoned meander, commonly filled in by deposition and vegetation, but still discernable. gg
- The collection title for recommendation items that can be either based on personalization algorithm or not covered by any personalization data.
Superiority, английский
The fact of being better than something or someone else
Throughout, английский
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Float coat, английский
Jacket worn by the flight deck personnel of an aircraft carrier. should a wearer be blown overboard during flight operations, the coat will inflate automatically when it hits salt water. the garment is color-coded to identify the crewmember’s job. also flotation jacket.
Flinders bar, английский
A bar of soft iron placed in the binnacle of a magnetic compass to neutralize the deflection caused by induced magnetism. named after 18th century rn captain mathew flinders (see quadrantal deviation).
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