The account resists assigning England's cast-iron cannon process to one priest or theorist. Several people supplied ideas, while experienced casters supplied the material knowledge needed to make those ideas work. Reliable guns required both theory and the craftspeople who understood casting. Histories of technology can distort innovation when they award one name all the credit.
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Cast-iron cannon emerge from theory joined to craft
The breakthrough is presented as collaboration between theoretical ideas and practical casting skill, not a clean single-inventor story.