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Historical note on fulminates—Forsyth's invention—Detonators and the copper cap—Manton's "tube" gun—Westley·Richards's detonating gun—Detonators—Col. Hawker's opinion of flint-locks and percussion ignition—The percussion muzzle-loader—Nock's patent breech—Greener's double muzzle-loader—The dangers of muzzle-loaders—Opinions on muzzle-loading—Jernigan on China and Chinese sportsmen—The shooting of Whitworth's rifle—Percussion breech-loaders—Demondion's gun—Gilbert·Smith's American rifle—Norwegian carbine—Abezz breech-loader—The Calesher and Terry carbine—The Westley·Richards capping breech-loader—The Mousqueton des Cent Gardes—The percussion muzzle-loader and breech-loader compared