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Slater, Samuel
(Sla·ter, Samuel)
Entry from US Dictionary
Pronunciation:
/ˈslātər/
(
1768–1835
)
, US inventor and industrialist; born in England. After building a technologically advanced spinning mill from memory in Rhode Island in 1793, he set up his own mills in New England.
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