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Eli Whitney received a contract from the US Army to produce muskets having interchangeable parts. He fulfilled the contract to the satisfaction of the US Army at that time, delivering the requested quantity of muskets.
However in the 1980s several samples of still existing muskets produced under this contract were carefully examined. It was found that they actually had no interchangeable parts, each musket was unique just like those made by other gunmakers of the day!
It is believed that Eli Whitney encountered problems with the tooling he had built to make the various parts interchangable and in order to meet the delivery deadlines of the contract just "filed" the parts as needed to make them fit the gun they went into.
On other projects where Eli Whitney was under less time pressure he may have succeeded in making interchangeable parts.
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What impact did Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts have on American business?
Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts made factory assembly lines possible.
Who was the father of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
How did Eli Whitney make 10000 guns for the army quickly and at the lower cost?
Eli Whitney used interchangeable parts and mass production to make the guns quickly and at a lower cost
The inventor of the principle of interchangeable parts was?
Eli Whitney.
Who pioneered the use interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney.
Who created a system of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Who introduced the idea of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Interchangeable parts where invented by whom?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
To what end did Eli Whitney create a system of interchangeable parts?
•In 1798, Eli Whitney created first interchangeable parts.
Who transformed gun making with interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
What are Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts?
The growth of industries
Who invented interchangeable musket parts first?
eli whitney
