Fire lance
device · 950 · Middle Ages
A tube of gunpowder on a spear — the ancestor of firearms.
What it is made of
- Bamboo tube — has part. A barrel with a gunpowder charge.
- Wooden shaft — has part. A spear.
Principles and materials it uses
- Gunpowder — uses. A gunpowder charge.
- Paper — is made of. The barrel of a fire lance is a paper or bamboo tube.
- Wood — is made of. On a wooden shaft.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Hand cannon — evolved into. A metal barrel instead of bamboo.
- Spear — evolved from. The fire lance was a spear with a tube of gunpowder — the first step to firearms.