Flint Locks and Percussion Caps

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Joshua l.Chamberlain
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Flint Locks and Percussion Caps

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I have found two interesting articoles on how stuff works.com. One is about flint locks the other is about percussion caps. I don't know if you would find them interesting (you may already know about it) but I found it neat.
Percussion cap
http://science.howstuffworks.com/flintlock5.htm
Flint Lock
http://science.howstuffworks.com/flintlock2.htm
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