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Eli Whitney Blake
1795Jan, 27

Eli Whitney Blake

Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortise lock (d. 1886)
Eli Whitney Blake, Sr. (January 27, 1795 – August 18, 1886) was an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

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