If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example ... famous for his labor-saving invention. He would go on to pioneer ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

Tech got in the way. Invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney, the cotton gin became an important part of colonial life. The crop we had been cultivating for years suddenly became profitable. Between that time ...

On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...

Today marks Eli Whitney’s 251st birthday. Although he’s known for a famous invention that completely ... Whitney presented the cotton gin (“gin” is short for engine) and realized he ...

The machine of Eli Whitney† was the cotton gin. Slender teeth mounted on a revolving ... The Harvester machines are complicated. Inventor Luce’s device is simpler and accomplishes less work.

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...