Answer :
Preparing the cannon for firing started with placing a cartridge of
black powder. In order to get the
cartridge to the bottom of the tube a pushed into the tube, breach,
with a rammer.When it is time to fire the cannon the rope on the frictionion primer is
pulled. The serrated wire creates enough heat from friction to ignite
the black powder that is in the primer tube. Aiming the cannon is done by pointing the piece, the cannon, with a
breech sight for the up and down elevation and the cannon was moved left
or right for lateral positioning.