Touch hole
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touch-hole-169-18804579
title:
Touch hole
text:
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. The hole provides external access of an ignition spark into the breech chamber of the barrel, either with a slow match (matchlock), a linstock or a flash pan ignited by some type of pyrite- (wheellock) or flint-based gunlock, which will initiate the combustion of the main gunpowder charge. Without touch hole, it would be nearly impossible to ignite the powder be
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Small hole near the rear portion (breech) of a cannon or muzzleloading gun
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_hole
date created:
2005-05-26T04:35:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T19:52:52Z
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13
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