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MILITARY AND motoring have been the reason (excuse?) for plenty of technological advancements over the years. For instance, the making of firearms advanced greatly in the early 1800s with the introduction of American gunsmith Eli Whitney’s ‘interchangeability’ concept in the making of gun parts.
In short, expensive hand-made muskets became obsolete as firearms manufactured from standardised parts became the norm. Those manufacturing