Did Eli Whitney ever make any money by inventing the cotton gin?

Anonymous

∙ 9y ago

Updated: 8/21/2019

No, sadly. Although he spent many years in court attempting to enforce his patent against planters who made unauthorized copies it was too late for him to make much money from the device in the single year remaining before the patent expired.

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∙ 9y ago

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