Clayton Cramer
2011-06-30 12:02:07
The technological innovations of the 19th century come from a number of sources. One of them is that the U.S. Constitution provided for a consistent and readily available patent system–something that had been more of a royal or parliamentary favor in Europe. But there was a conscious decision by the U.S. government to replace the old, largely handcraft strategy for making of muskets with something more efficient. Many technical advances that come out of this play a part in making the U.S. a world leader in technology.
