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Slow match, the Glossary

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Slow match, also called match cord, is the slow-burning cord or twine fuse used by early gunpowder musketeers, artillerymen, and soldiers to ignite matchlock muskets, cannons, shells, and petards.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Artillery fuze, Black match, Cannon, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Drilling and blasting, Flash pan, Flax, Flintlock, Fuse (explosives), Gunpowder, Hand cannon, Hemp, Historic England, Lead(II) acetate, Linstock, Matchlock, Musket, Musketeer, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Petard, Potassium nitrate, Punk (fireworks), Royal Navy, Shell (projectile), Snaplock, Sodium nitrate, Touch hole.

  2. Pyrotechnic initiators

Artillery fuze

An artillery fuze or fuse is the type of munition fuze used with artillery munitions, typically projectiles fired by guns (field, anti-aircraft, coast and naval), howitzers and mortars.

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Black match

In pyrotechnics, black match is a type of crude fuse, constructed of cotton string fibers intimately coated with a dried black powder slurry. Slow match and black match are pyrotechnic initiators.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Chamaecyparis obtusa

Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress, hinoki cypress or hinoki; 檜 or 桧) is a species of cypress native to central Japan in East Asia, and widely cultivated in the temperate northern hemisphere for its high-quality timber and ornamental qualities, with many cultivars commercially available.

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Drilling and blasting

Drilling and blasting is the controlled use of explosives and other methods, such as gas pressure blasting pyrotechnics, to break rock for excavation.

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Flash pan

The flash pan or priming pan is a small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzle-loading guns. Slow match and flash pan are firearm components.

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Flax

Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae.

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Flintlock

Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century.

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Fuse (explosives)

In an explosive, pyrotechnic device, or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function. Slow match and fuse (explosives) are pyrotechnic initiators.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Hand cannon

The hand cannon, also known as the gonne or handgonne, is the first true firearm and the successor of the fire lance.

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Hemp

Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a plant in the botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars grown specifically for industrial and consumable use.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Lead(II) acetate

Lead(II) acetate is a white crystalline chemical compound with a slightly sweet taste.

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Linstock

A linstock (also called a lintstock) is a staff with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match.

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Matchlock

A matchlock or firelock is a historical type of firearm wherein the gunpowder is ignited by a burning piece of flammable cord or twine that is in contact with the gunpowder through a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or trigger with their finger.

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Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour.

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Musketeer

A musketeer (mousquetaire) was a type of soldier equipped with a musket.

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National Museum of the Royal Navy

The National Museum of the Royal Navy was created in early 2009 to act as a single non-departmental public body for the museums of the Royal Navy.

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Petard

A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, originally invented in France in 1579.

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Potassium nitrate

Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with a sharp, salty, bitter taste and the chemical formula.

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Punk (fireworks)

A punk is a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuses.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.

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Snaplock

A snaplock is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun fired by such a lock.

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Sodium nitrate

Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula.

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Touch hole

A touch hole, also known as a cannon vent, is a small hole at the rear (breech) portion of the barrel of a muzzleloading gun or cannon. Slow match and touch hole are firearm components.

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See also

Pyrotechnic initiators

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_match

Also known as Match cord, Slowmatch.