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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsEli 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
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Stuart G
(38,414 posts)1. Does this gin..have anything to do with ..SEX??
sorry..couldn't help myseelf..
ddeclue
(16,733 posts)2. Whitney Houston invented the bad 80's movie?
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)3. Personally, I can't stand gin.
I like vodka much better.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)4. is Wikipedia back up?
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)5. No one can undo the rec that I have applied to this OP.
No one.
Not even Eli Whitney, rest his soul.