18 Oct
2010
18 Oct
'10
3:01 p.m.
On 18 Oct 2010 at 14:43, Fred Cisin wrote:
"FIRST" is always suspect in history, and
particularly in technology.
And the history books in the educational system are BOGUS.
I do believe that Whitney invented cotton gin as counterpoint to the
really terrible wool vermouth of the time. He probably liked his
martinis VERY dry.
No accounting for taste, I suppose.
--Chuck