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Presents a biography of American industrialist Eli Whitney. Background and education; Invention of the cotton gin; Impact of the machine on the United States cotton industry; Introduction of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of firearms; Legal battles over the patent for the cotton gin; Effect of Whitney's inventions on mass production and productivity in US industry. No library descriptions found. |
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