Whitney

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• Whitney had fought long and hard, and had at last received at least partial justice. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The great increase in demand for cotton produced by these machine inventions could not have been met had it not been for Eli Whitney's invention of the saw gin in America in 1793. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In 1812 Whitney applied for a renewal of his patent for the cotton-gin. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The chief reason for this marvelous advance was the cotton-gin, for which Eli Whitney applied for a patent in 1793. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This was the invention of Eli Whitney, of Massachusetts, and was patented by him March 14, 1794. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He had stood by Whitney through thick and thin, and had met one buffet after another. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There, gentlemen, said she, apply to my friend Mr. Whitney for your device. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The material value of Eli Whitney’s invention can hardly be estimated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then Mrs. Greene pointed to Eli Whitney with a smile. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Miller wrote to Whitney on May 11, 1797, The event of the first patent suit, after all our exertions made in such a variety of ways, has gone against us. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Two years of conflict in the South proved the superiority of Whitney’s invention over all other machines, but resulted in little actual profit. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But money was very scarce, and the manufacture of the machines proved so costly that Whitney found it impossible to furnish as many gins as his partner wanted. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There is a friend of mine here, Mr. Isa Whitney, and I wish to speak with him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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