<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31324929</termId><termName>friction primers</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Devices that initiate the firing of muzzle-loading cannons. Comprised of a copper tube filled with powder attached to the vent of the cannon with its tip in the powder charge. On this tube a short tube containing a friction composition. Lying in the composition was the roughened end of a wire slider, The other end of the slider was twisted into a loop for hooking to the gunner's lanyard. Pulling on the lanyard caused the slider to ignite the composition. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:44:26</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31324930</termId><termName>friction primer</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31353337</termId><termName>primers</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>