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Whitney, Eli
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An American inventor, born in Massachusetts; invented the cotton-gin, a machine for cleaning seed-cotton, and became a manufacturer of firearms, by which he realised a large fortune (1765-1825).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Whitney, Eli'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/whitney-eli.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Whitney, Eli'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/whitney-eli.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.