Bullets 1800's
Sir john Anderson worked in the Arsenal first as an apprentice then as an Engineer. He invented a machine to manufacture bullets at a rate of 40000 per hour. This replaced a system that produced at 500 per hour. The cost saving on this product was over £200,000 per year (probably the equivalent of £20M at 2009 prices), he also invented a machine for granulating gun powder, another for breaking down mill cake. He also invented a way of manufacturing bayonets costing a third of original price plus methods of making 500 muskets a day.
Bullets 1900's
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1914-1918
Small arms bullets made |
Arsenal output
1,718,813,228 |
