WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Interchangeable parts, popularized in America when Eli Whitney used them to assemble muskets in the first years of the 19th century, allowed relatively unskilled workers to produce large numbers of weapons quickly and at lower cost, and made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier.

Detailed explanation-2: -The idea of interchangeability goes back to Gutenberg’s invention of precision type. Clock-makers had started making certain parts interchangeable in the 18th century. And Americans like to credit Eli Whitney with inventing the idea in 1803 to make muskets.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, cars, computers, furniture, almost all products used today, are made from interchangeable parts.

Detailed explanation-4: -Advantages of interchangeability It allows mass production, reduces the production cost. Mating parts can freely replace without custom fittings like fillets. Readily available replacement component in the market. Assembly process requires lesser skill.

Detailed explanation-5: -BY. By interchangeable manufacture we mean the production of complete machines or mechanisms, the corresponding parts of which are so nearly alike that they will fit into any of the given mechanisms.