Eli Whitney Inventor

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Eli Whitney was a great inventor infact he is even know as " the father of American technology ". He was born in December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825 and the proud inventor and owner of the cotton gin also he made other inventions like Interchangeable parts and milling machine. Eli's mother died in 1777, at the time of her death he was 11. At age 14 he worked at a nail manufacturing company his father owed. His stepmother wanted him to attend collage. Whitney worked as a school teacher and also at a farm to save money for his dream school, Yale. He gradated Yale in 1789. Mrs. Greene invited Eli to her plantation, in Georgia. Whitney's business partner likewise went to Yale to only he gradated in 1785

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