As a teen, this future inventor of the cotton gin had his own nail-making business
He 
invented machines for cutting files and making nails by age 21, and went on to ... 
Obed Hussey had announced in 1833 the construction of a reaper of his own,... [DOC] [TLE] Spring 2016 - Association of Authors' Representatives [PAR] Jun 14, 2016 ... in this business that rival the invention of the cotton gin in their transformative 
power.