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  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  each 
  having 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  six 
  

   teeth 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  separated 
  at 
  distances 
  of 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  

   an 
  inch 
  by 
  block 
  tin 
  or 
  pewter 
  castings. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  seven-inch 
  cylinder 
  brush 
  has 
  six 
  wings, 
  each 
  

   extending 
  from 
  one 
  inch 
  below 
  to 
  two 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  

   surface, 
  where 
  they 
  receive 
  oblique 
  tufts 
  of 
  bristles. 
  

   The 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  brush 
  extend 
  beyond 
  the 
  heads, 
  and 
  

   form 
  what 
  are 
  called 
  projecting 
  lags. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  machine 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  opening 
  against 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  brush 
  to 
  admit 
  the 
  air 
  freely 
  to 
  these 
  lags, 
  and 
  thus 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  cotton 
  from 
  winding 
  upon 
  the 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  

   brush 
  ; 
  the 
  mote-board 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  slats 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   inches 
  wide. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  hopper, 
  moting-trough, 
  &c., 
  form 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   gin 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  ceiling, 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  openings, 
  are 
  

   each 
  hung 
  upon 
  the 
  upper 
  bar 
  of 
  the 
  iron 
  form, 
  and 
  may 
  

   be 
  turned 
  back 
  at 
  pleasure." 
  

  

  The 
  experiments, 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  gentle- 
  

   men 
  assembled 
  at 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Green, 
  to 
  witness 
  

   the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  machine, 
  as 
  before 
  stated, 
  proving 
  

   so 
  satisfactory, 
  no 
  further 
  doubt 
  of 
  the 
  utility 
  of 
  the 
  

   invention 
  was 
  entertained. 
  

  

  A 
  partnership 
  was 
  entered 
  into 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Phineas 
  

   Miller, 
  who, 
  like 
  Whitney, 
  had 
  come 
  out 
  from 
  New 
  

   England 
  to 
  Georgia 
  as 
  a 
  private 
  tutor, 
  and 
  resided 
  in 
  

   the 
  family 
  of 
  General 
  Green, 
  with 
  whose 
  widow 
  he 
  sub- 
  

   sequently 
  intermarried. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Miller 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  had 
  become 
  possessed 
  of 
  

   the 
  requisite 
  funds 
  for 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  

   concern, 
  which 
  was, 
  from 
  May, 
  1793, 
  conducted 
  in 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Miller 
  & 
  Whitney. 
  

  

  A 
  patent 
  was 
  procured 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  of 
  March, 
  1794, 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  Whitney 
  established 
  himself 
  at 
  New 
  Haven, 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  perfecting 
  his 
  invention 
  and 
  of 
  availing 
  

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