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Caption: Gunlock (Percussion) on a Dummy Breech or a 12-Pounder Cannon, Percussion lock on wooden shell of a 12-pound cannon. The lock plate is mounted against the back of the breech with four screws. The hammer turns straight forward. The head of the hammer has a slot for the flame from the sun hole when fired. The pull-off rope is attached to and wound around a disk on the axis of the hammer. The wooden breech is that of a short iron cannon of 12 pounds, Swedish model., Rijkswerf Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1836, wood (plant material), iron (metal), brass (alloy), h 18 cm × w 32 cm × d 27 cm
Credit: Album / quintlox
Image size: 6870 × 4528 px | 89.0 MB
Print size: 58.2 × 38.3 cm | 2704.7 × 1782.7 in (300 dpi)