Assertion: mercury fulminate | /r/CapableOf | replace flint
Facets:
value: as a means
type: MANNER
value: quickly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: First used as a priming composition in small copper caps after the 1830's, mercury fulminate quickly replaced flints as a means to ignite black powder charges in muzzle loading firearms.
text: First used as a priming composition in small copper caps beginning in the 1820s, mercury fulminate quickly replaced flints as a means to ignite black powder charges in muzzle-loading firearms.