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Eli Whitney was born.
Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765. He was the eldest child of Eli Whitney Sr, and Elizabeth Fay. -
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Eli Whitney-Cotton Gin
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Operated a profitable nail manufacturing operation in dad's workshop during Revolutionary war at the age of 14.
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Eli Whitney recieved a patent for the Cotton Gin.
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin so that there would be a more efficient way to separate cotton from it's seed. He wanted to speed up the process of cleaning cotton in one day's amount of work. The Cotton Gin cleaned about 55 punds of cotton a day comopared to about 1 pound of cotton cleaned in one day by a slave. -
The Patent was finally Validated.
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Eli Whitney died at the age of 59 in New Haven, Connecticut.
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The Cotton Gin.
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The Cotton Gin.
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The Cottom Gin.
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The Cotton Gin.
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The Cotton Gin Today.
