musket
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Eli Whitney's 1801 musket demonstration before Congress was partly theater because the parts weren't fully interchangeable as advertised.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Artefacts recovered from the battlefield in recent years have included lead musket balls and a shoe buckle believed to have belonged to a clan chief.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
I recently discovered that if you walk around New York City while carrying an 18th-century musket, you get a lot of questions.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
There could be everyday military items like uniform buttons or musket balls.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2023
He knew that the soldier, returning from guard duty, was going, absent-mindedly, to leave his musket on a pile of straw.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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