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Download or read book Memoir of Eli Whitney, Esq. (Classic Reprint) written by Denison Olmsted and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoir of Eli Whitney, Esq. Mr. Whitney might now have indulged in bright reveries Of fortune and of fame; but we shall have various opportunities of seeing, that he tempered his inventive genius with an um usual share of the calm, considerate qualities of the financier. Although urged by his friends to secure a patent, and devote himself to the manufacture and introduction of his machines, he coolly replied, that on account of the great expense and trouble which always attend the introduction of a new inven tion, and the difficulty of enforcing a law in favor of paten tees, in opposition to the individual interests of so large a number of persons as would be concerned in the culture of this article, it was with great reluctance that he should consent to relinquish the hopes of a lucrative profession, for which he had been destined, with an expectation of indemnity either from the justice or the gratitude of his countrymen, even should the invention answer the most sanguine anticipations of his friends. The individual who contributed most to incite him to per severe ih the undertaking, was 'phineas Miller, Esq. Mr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.