From
Jonah Hex (2010)
Quentin Turnbull:
Magnificent, isn't it?
Burke:
It's bigger than a breadbox, that's for sure.
Quentin Turnbull:
Do you know who Eli Whitney was?
Burke:
I'm a very undereducated man, Mr. Turnbull. Are we talking about Whitney Sr. or Jr.?
Quentin Turnbull:
[
smiles] Senior. After he invented the cotton gin and started the Industrial Revolution, he went to work for the U.S. military, and pioneered the use of interchangeable parts, firearms, and explosive ordinance, and fairly well singlehandedly invented modern warfare...
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