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The matchlock improved the accuracy of handguns with a simple add-on. By attaching the burning end of the match to a trigger operated hook. The soldier could use the trigger to move the match inti contact with the touchole. Then, by holding the gun with both hands the aiming was vastly improved. It reamined slow work but as only one shot could be taken before another re-load, it was well that the aim on the first shot was true.
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In what century was ad 1440?
It was in the fifteenth century.
What was one advantage matchlock firearms had over the crossbow in the 14th century?
In the early part of the fourteenth century one advantage of the early firearms were there cost. A simple matchlock cost far less than a crossbow.
What century was the year 1485 ad?
Fifteenth century.
Is 1453 in fourteenth century or fifteenth century?
15th
Is fifteenth century proper or common noun?
The word century is a common noun. The word fifteenth is functioning as an adjective (not a noun) decribing the noun century.
What century was Chistopher Columbus born in?
That would be the fifteenth century.
The European trade in African slaves was initiated in the fifteenth century by the?
Portuguese traders accounted for 95% of the slave trade in the fifteenth century.
What year did the matchlock gun win the Newbery Medal?
The Matchlock Gun was written by Walter Edmonds. It won the Newbery in 1942.
What contributed to the renewed economic prosperity in the fifteenth century?
the fifteenth century was also a time of economic, political, and intellectual recovery as the renaissance introduced....
What year was the fifteenth century?
1401-1500
What was the fifteenth century slave trade?
ghana
In which century was the battle of bosworth?
The fifteenth. (1485)
