Smith demonstrated that the United States Ordnance Department was the prime mover in bringing about machine-made interchangeable parts production of small arms.
It was here where Machiavelli wrote his most famous piece, The Prince. One of the first and main topics discussed in The Prince outlines the rest of the issues mentioned in the books, which are the various kinds of government and how they are established.
Prince is the brother of Betsy DeVos, a former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party and wife of former Alticor (Amway) president and gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos. His first wife, Joan, died of cancer in 2003. He married his second wife, Joanna Houck, in 2004 but the two later divorced.