wheel locks
Identification code: 300037194
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- locks, wheel
- wheel lock
- wheel-lock
- wheellocks
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Scope note:
Early type of lock in which a spring-driven steel wheel rotates rapidly against a piece of iron pyrite, producing sparks which fall into a pan of gunpowder, igniting it.
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