Whitney, Eli
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A short biographical encyclopedia entry on Eli Whitney, born in Westborough, Massachusetts, in 1765, inventor of the cotton gin. It describes his partnership with Miller, the lawsuits that consumed his profits, and his later success manufacturing firearms at Whitneyville, Connecticut, using division of labor and interchangeable parts. He died in 1825.
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- Article
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- 1876
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- English
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