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May 5, 2019How Connecticut-Made Guns Won the West
May 4, 2019The Factory | The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop
May 4, 2019https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/about-eli-whitney/factory QT:{{”
The role that Whitney played in early American technology has been debated, however. Whitney’s work in making muskets from a number of interchangeable parts once identified him as the sole originator of the idea. But tests on a collection of Whitney muskets indicate that all their parts were not interchangeable.
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Eli Whitney – Wikipedia
May 4, 2019https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney
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Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. … Thereafter, he turned his attention into securing contracts with the government in the manufacture of muskets for the newly formed United States Army. He continued making arms and inventing until his death in 1825. “}}
Facebook is trying to make the word “private” meaningless
May 3, 2019Data gathering…
https://theoutline.com/post/7377/facebook-is-trying-to-make-the-word-private-meaningless
FYI: National Quantum Initiative Act
May 3, 2019the National Quantum Initiative Act. Details of this Act are available at https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6227.