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Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney was an American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer. He is best remembered for inventing the cotton gin, an automated machine that separates the cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.
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Elizabeth whitney eli whitney's daughter was named after his mother
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When did cotton become profitable?
It had made it much easier to clean cotton and made industries sky rocket
What is the most paragraphs ever written on Eli Whitney and The cotten gin?
10 paragraphs and the record breaker is up your but and around the corner.
1 Pound a day!
How did Eli Whitney change history?
by making the cotton gin so it would be easier and faster to clean cotton
What did the cotton gin do to help the south?
It helped make the south very rich. The only problem is that that industry depended on the sweat and labor of slaves and when slavey ended so did the South's fortunes.
How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin affect the way people interacted with the land in the 19th century?
It made cotton production easier and more profitable, causing Southern plantation owners to specialize in this crop.
Where did Whitney make the first cotton gin?
Westboro Mass is his birthplace but he saw cotton being cleaned of seeds by hand in the deep south of USA and got the inspiration for his invention there.He patented it in 1793 as a 'cotton engine' but this was later shortened to 'gin. He also had a cotton mill in Hamden Connecticut before going into the arms industry making rifles with interchangeable parts in New Haven
What effects did the use of interchangeable parts and mass production have?
Made production faster and cheaper
Some sources say he died of prostate cancer in 1825, at the age of 59. But other sources say he died of unspecified causes: one obituary said he died of "a long and distressing illness." Prostate cancer was a relatively unknown disease in 1825, and it is worth questioning whether his fatal illness was something the medical world back then could have identified.
Eli Whitney contributed to the assembly-line system?
The major contribution of Eli Whitney to the assembly line was the standardized part. He made interchangeable parts for his cotton gin for ease of repair.
What date did Eli Whitney retire?
Eli Whitney retired in the year of 1818 he decided that he wanted to retire early instead of having to retire at the age of 65
How did Eli whitney's cotton gin change in the south?
the cotton gin was able to process A LOT more cotton, thus more slaves were needed to grow more cotton.
Why did Eli Whitney do what he did?
He was very mechanical at a young age and would work in his father's workshop on his farm in Westborough, MA. At a young age he became a mechanical handyman in the area or had a successful nail making business. After graduating from Yale he went to GA as a tutor and saw the handpicking of seeds out of the cotton. He decided to create a machine that would do the job. In 1794 he secured a patent for his gin.
What did the development of interchangeable parts lead to?
transportation in this world which leads to the world war tooo
