Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis stand independently without contradicting or following it? Premise: Hand guns of the fourteenth century were equipped with touchholes; in order to discharge such a weapon it was necessary to touch it with a torch. Hypothesis: The hand guns in the fourteenth century had no need for touchholes.
Hand guns of the fourteenth century were equipped with touchholes; in order to discharge such a weapon it was necessary to touch it with a torch.###The hand guns in the fourteenth century had no need for touchholes.