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The Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney

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Description: A brief biography of Eli Whitney and background information on the cotton gin. Includes original patents.
Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
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Description:Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14 1794.
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