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English: A page of the Korean Kukcho Orye-ui (ca. 1474) showing an early type of hand-gun (chhung thung or chongtong) and the bolt-like arrow and metal fins which was shot from it.
Date circa 1474
date QS:P,+1474-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 308
https://archive.org/details/science-and-civilisation-in-china-volume-5-chemistry-and-chemical-technology-par/page/n171/mode/2up?q=portuguese
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