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Whit·ney (wĭtnē, hwĭt-), Eli 1765-1825.

American manufacturer whose invention of the cotton gin (1793) revolutionized the cotton industry. He also established a factory to assemble muskets with interchangeable parts, marking the advent of modern mass production.

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Eli Whitney

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Whitney, Mount

A peak, 4,417 m (14,491 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of east-central California. It is the highest elevation in the contiguous 48 states.

Whitney, William Dwight 1827-1894.

American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer who was the editor of The Century Dictionary (1889-1891) and author of many books on language.

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