Soldier on guard the pan of his musket with two fingers covered against sparks (no. 43), ca. 1600, 1608 A soldier on watch, to the right, to the right, who holds a musket (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand at the fork of the Furket (musket fork) on which the loop supports (no. 43), ca. 1600. De Haan (part of the ignition mechanism) of his musket is the burning wick. With the index finger and the middle finger of his right hand, he covers the pan (the powder reservoir) of his musket to protect the powder against sparks of the wick. Plate 43 In the instructions for handling the muske
Soldier on guard the pan of his musket with two fingers covered against sparks (no. 43), ca. 1600, 1608 A soldier on watch, to the right, to the right, who holds a musket (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand at the fork of the Furket (musket fork) on which the loop supports (no. 43), ca. 1600. De Haan (part of the ignition mechanism) of his musket is the burning wick. With the index finger and the middle finger of his right hand, he covers the pan (the powder reservoir) of his musket to protect the powder against sparks of the wick. Plate 43 In the instructions for handling the musket: Corte Initiation on the Figuerlicke image, so much agaet the right Ghebruyck van Musquet. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Weapon Handele of Roers Musquetten and Spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608. War award around 1600. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving A soldier on watch, to the right, to the right, who holds a musket (a certain type of firearm) with his left hand at the fork of the Furket (musket fork) on which the loop supports (no. 43), ca. 1600. De Haan (part of the ignition mechanism) of his musket is the burning wick. With the index finger and the middle finger of his right hand, he covers the pan (the powder reservoir) of his musket to protect the powder against sparks of the wick. Plate 43 In the instructions for handling the musket: Corte Initiation on the Figuerlicke image, so much agaet the right Ghebruyck van Musquet. Part of the illustrations in: J. de Gheyn, Weapon Handele of Roers Musquetten and Spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608. War award around 1600. print maker: Northern Netherlandsprint maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving
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