This illustration depicts a firepot in cross-section, with the iron grenade packed with gunpowder and a stopper, nested inside a ceramic pot containing more gunpowder, stopped with a stopper and fuse plug. The fuse runs through the stopper and into the iron heart of the firepot. Illustration by Gregg Cestaro, Hicks & Company.
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