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Wed Jan 18, 2012, 01:52 AM Jan 2012

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

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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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 OP
Does this gin..have anything to do with ..SEX?? Stuart G Jan 2012 #1
Whitney Houston invented the bad 80's movie? ddeclue Jan 2012 #2
Personally, I can't stand gin. mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #3
is Wikipedia back up? Enrique Jan 2012 #4
No one can undo the rec that I have applied to this OP. NYC_SKP Jan 2012 #5
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