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Cannon as hand-guns—The Petronel—Hand-Culverin—Its construction—Early gunners and cross-bowmen—Culverins—Method of shooting with hand-cannon—The match-lock: its development—The first match-locks—The serpentin—Opposition to the use of fire-arms—The Harquebusiers—Methods of using early guns—Positions in Shooting—Shutting one eye—The wheel-lock—The Monk's gun—Mechanism of the German wheel-lock—The flint-lock, snap-hammer or fire-lock—Early sporting fire-arms—German guns—Italian arms—Venetian rifle—Early French arms—Russian workmanship—Early repeating arms—Multi-barrelled cannon—Three-barrelled wall-piece—Repeating match-lock—Early magazine fire-arms—Italian magazine repeater—Revolving guns—"Henry VIII.'s arquebus"—Double-chambered revolving-gun—Russian rotating arms—Three-barrelled revolver—Double revolver-gun—Collier's carbine—Combined fire-arms—The pistol-battle-axe—Wheel-lock dagger-pistols—Pistol pike—Concealed arms—Rob Roy's purse—Pistol shields—Whip pistols—Curious and notable weapons—Nock's seven-barrelled carbine—German daggs—Italian dagg—Old Saxon pistols—Duelling