Honoré Blanc

Background

A French gunsmith working within the state armories in the late 18th century.

Contribution

Demonstrated musket locks assembled from interchangeable components made to gauges — an early, documented realization of interchangeable manufacture that influenced later American efforts.

Associated inventions

• Interchangeable Parts

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Eli Whitney
• Henry Maudslay

Associated organizations

• Springfield Armory

Sources & further reading

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• Encyclopædia Britannica — technology & biography topic articlesEncyclopædia Britannica · Encyclopedia
• NIST — measurement, standards & interchangeable manufactureU.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology · Government / archive

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