1592999394000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-19592 1747159875799 1702908312000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-19592 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19592 86970d54-5667-3080-9f4b-00f8e0b7b183 6 reference term-86575 adlib-term-86575 5649d0d3-83e1-34de-a436-f231b1f04c9b weapons reference term-108941 adlib-term-108941 bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1 J.S. Henderson Applied Arts Powder tester HEN.M.447-1933 1 accession number HEN.M.447-1933 19592 priref 19592 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19592 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/19592 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum J.S. Henderson Bequest reference agent-154334 adlib-agent-154334 28c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434 Henderson, James Stewart 1933 1933 1933-03-16 bequeathed Bequeathed by Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex, 1933, Bequest no. B2 1690 CE 1690 circa 1690 uncertain production reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown In the days before rigourous and systematic quality control, the quality of gunpowder (or black powder as it is sometimes known) varied a great deal. Powder testers, called eprouvettes, were developed to test just how strong a new batch was. This powder tester was made by adapting an existing pistol. A measured amount of powder was put into the short barrel and the lid closed. The test powder was then set off by firing the flintlock. The exploding powder pushed the lid up and the height to which it flew indicating how strong the powder was, the higher it went, the stronger the powder. reference term-106453 adlib-term-106453 60056370-7375-3dac-996c-6cc9d5db35a9 17th Century, Late reference term-106549 adlib-term-106549 bebefaab-bfd1-345f-9ab4-37e02f955c86 literal Bohemia Bohemia country Vienna Length cm 30 Weight g 735 reference term-79070 adlib-term-79070 1474a759-c2ee-3956-8ef0-55b743293595 powder tester reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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