The first use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing was by a French artillery general, General Gribeauval. He instituted interchageable parts to be used in cannon carriages for his army, in about 1765 I think. I'll have to check that. The tolerances for his carriage parts were fairly large, but parts of one gun carriage would fit another carriage, and complete carriage could be built up of stock parts.
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