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He invented an accurate and useful description of it. Which is as much as anybody does to invent something.
by Retra 9y ago
He invented an accurate and useful description of it. Which is as much as anybody does to invent something.
- mygo 9y agoI think it’s safe to say that the cotton gin did not exist before Eli Whitney.
- nbulka 9y agoWho invented a table? What even is a table? Or a cotton gin for that matter? A patent? because that sounds awfully like a theory...
- nbulka 9y agoNewton discovered certain patterns that worked. He invented a theory, a way to speak about them. They are indeed an invention, though, because they aren't accurate at very small distances or relatively fast speeds. pun intended.
- Retra 9y agoHe invented a plan for how to build a cotton gin, and that's all anybody needed of him. That was the invention. The rest is just manufacturing.