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Eli Whitneys love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of Americas greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of the century, he changed cotton production forever. A few years later, Whitney invented machines to make muskets that were identical. The first mass-manufacturing business in the country, his musket factory revolutionized the way Americans made things.Barbara Mitchell is the author of 'Maker of Machines (Creative Minds Biography)', published 2004 under ISBN 9781575056340 and ISBN 1575056348.
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