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  a 
  larger 
  scale 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  extreme 
  difficulty 
  of 
  procuring 
  

   workmen 
  and 
  the 
  proper 
  materials 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  prevented 
  

   my 
  completing 
  the 
  larger 
  one 
  until 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  April 
  

   last. 
  This, 
  though 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  my 
  first 
  attempt, 
  

   is 
  not 
  above 
  one-third 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  machines 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  

   with 
  convenience. 
  The 
  cylinder 
  is 
  only 
  two 
  feet 
  two 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  six 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  It 
  is 
  turned 
  

   hy 
  hand, 
  and 
  requires 
  the 
  strength 
  of 
  one 
  man 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  

   in 
  constant 
  motion. 
  

  

  '' 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  stated 
  task 
  of 
  one 
  negro 
  to 
  clean 
  fifty 
  weight 
  

   (I 
  mean 
  fifty 
  pounds 
  after 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  seed) 
  

   of 
  the 
  green 
  seed 
  cotton 
  per 
  day." 
  

  

  The 
  biographer 
  of 
  Mr. 
  "Whitney 
  thus 
  alludes 
  to 
  the 
  

   unfortunate 
  and 
  mistaken 
  scheme 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Whitney 
  and 
  

   his 
  partner 
  at 
  the 
  outset 
  of 
  their 
  business, 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  

   erect 
  the 
  machinery 
  in 
  different 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  

   region, 
  and 
  to 
  engross 
  the 
  whole 
  business 
  of 
  ginning 
  

   themselves, 
  the 
  profits 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  tempting, 
  

   being 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  every 
  third 
  pound 
  taken 
  for 
  toll. 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  did 
  not 
  at 
  once 
  supply 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  

   growers, 
  and 
  it 
  multiplied 
  the 
  inducements 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  

   machines 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  the 
  patent. 
  Had 
  the 
  proprie- 
  

   tors 
  confined 
  their 
  views 
  to 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  

   machines, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  patent 
  rights, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  avoided 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  difficulties 
  

   with 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  afterwards 
  to 
  contend." 
  

  

  In 
  1796, 
  Miller 
  and 
  Whitney 
  had 
  thlrtj/ 
  gins 
  in 
  

   operation 
  at 
  different 
  places 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  either 
  by 
  horse 
  

   or 
  water-power. 
  

  

  The 
  consequence 
  was 
  that 
  their 
  patent 
  was 
  infringed, 
  

   and 
  they 
  became 
  involved 
  from 
  the 
  outset 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   expensive 
  lawsuits 
  to 
  protect 
  their 
  rights; 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   nearly 
  thirteen 
  j^ears, 
  when 
  their 
  patent 
  had 
  nearly 
  

  

  