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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Whitney, Eli
 
SYLLABICATION:Whit·ney
PRONUNCIATION:  hwtn, wt-
DATES:1765–1825
American inventor and manufacturer whose invention of the cotton gin (1793) revolutionized the cotton industry. He also established the first factory to assemble muskets with interchangeable parts, marking the advent of modern mass production.
 
 
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