age of reason-even the lowly soldier was a machine to the armies of europe (just look at the manual of arms of 1757 for the UK-you have some really stiff postures.)
EDIT: here:
http://www.1stroyals.org/drill.htm
its to show basic steps of handling the musket, but there are also sections in the origional for loading the musket-every step in mechanical detail.
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