Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor. He is known as the inventor of the cotton gin, an important invention in the Industrial Revolution. He made it in 1793 March 14. Born in Westborough, Massachusettes. [1]
Eli Whitney Media
Coat of Arms of Eli Whitney
Petition by Whitney to the selectmen of Westborough, Massachusetts, to run a public school, with sample of his penmanship
Cotton Gin Patent. It shows sawtooth gin blades, which were not part of Whitney's original patent.
A cotton gin on display at the Eli Whitney Museum.
First contract of Eli Whitney as a firearms manufacturer, 1798. Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr., Secretary of the Treasury.
Whitney's gun factory in 1827
Eli Whitney on US Postage Issue of 1940, 1c
South side of Eli Whitney monument in the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
References
- ↑ "Eli Whitney & The Cotton Gin". Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
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