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Eli Whitney,
(8 Dec 1765 - 8 Jan 1825)
American inventor, mechanical engineer and manufacturer.
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Quotes by others about Eli Whitney, (1)
As Arkwright and Whitney were the demi-gods of cotton, so prolific Time will yet bring an inventor to every plant. There is not a property in nature but a mind is born to seek and find it.
In Fortune of the Republic (1878), 3.
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- 8 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Whitney's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
