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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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He married Henrietta Edward granddaughter of famed evangelist Jonathan Edwards, daughter of Pierpont Edwards
What did Eli Whitney invent and when?
Eli Whitney invented many things. The most common was his cotton gin. He also invented interchangeable parts and the milling machine
Eli Whitney was famous ad rich for some time, but was charged with patent infringement of the cotton gin and lost most of his money and almost went bankrupt... However he was still famous for his inventions including the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin was born in Westborough, Massachusetts. He was buried at Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.
Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 - January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.
Did Eli Whitney have any brothers?
Eli Whitney had two younger brothers, and also a younger sister. His brothers were named Josiah and Ben, and his sister was Elizabeth.
Yes he was married to Henrietta Edwards on January 6th, 1817. He had four children: Frances Edwards who was born in November 1817 Elizabeth Fay who was born in 1819 Eli Jr. who was born in 1821 and Susan Edwards who died at the age of 21 months
Invented the cotton gin and the further developed the process of interchangeable parts.
Here's a sort biography of his life:
Eli Whitney was born no December 8th, 1765 to Eli and Elizabeth Whitney. His parents had no idea that their son would be a famous American inventor!
Eli Whitney liked learning how thing worked; his father's watch, a violin, tools, and so on. When he was 19, he decided he wanted to attend college. He tried out Yale College and passed the exam. He graduated from Yale about nine years later when he was 28.
After College he needed money fast. He found a tutoring job in South Carolina, but he did not want to go to the South, for he thought that is where his bad luck would start. However, he had no choice.
While traveling to South Carolina, he met a lady named Mrs. Catherine Greene. Mrs. Greene asked him if he would like to visit her largest estate called Mulberry Grove. When he did go to Mrs. Greene's estate found out that his job offer was already taken. At Mulberry Grove, cotton planters were telling each other their problem with cotton. Only green seed cotton, which is very hard to clean, grew in North America. The cotton planters told Whitney that a machine that would clean the seeds out of the cotton would be a miracle. Whitney hopped he could help these farmers and make money at the same time. He started work on his machine immediately. Within a week, he came up with a tiny working model of the Cotton Gin. The Mulberry Manager soon offered Whitney money for the rights of his invention. Soon many states paid him $50,000 for the right to use his invention. Whitney sent a cotton gin to England, but some of the Southern planters started spreading a rumor that the cotton gin ruined the cotton; many British spinners believed the rumor so they wouldn't buy the gin.
Whitney's cotton gin had a great affect on the southern economy. As they bought the gin they became more dependent upon slaves. The South was also becoming richer than before.
After Whitney had his cotton gin business in hand he decided he wanted to help the federal government. During the Revolutionary War the United States got its entire musket supply from France. And since there was a positional threat of war with France the U.S. needed to produce muskets. That is when Whitney became the father of mass production. He invented a machine that could make muskets with interchangeable parts.
Eli Whitney died on January 8th, 1825. He left behind his four young children. His three nephews continued his work. One of his nephews invented the rock crusher.
Eli Whitney was very successful in life. He invented many machines; cotton gin and the musket machine. He had a great impact on the U.S.; he help supply the war with 10,000 muskets and improved the cotton business.
Resources:
www.archivees.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/
www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/farmest/invetors/whitney/indey.html
Where did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 on the Mulberry Grove plantation in Georgia.
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What else did Eli Whitney invent?
Cotton gin
musket
In 1798, Eli Whitney invented a way to manufacture muskets by machine so that the parts were interchangeable. Ironically, it was as a manufacturer of muskets that Whitney finally became rich.
How much did the cotton gin cost?
Teh cost of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin was $30. Back then 30 bucks was a lot of money so mostly the rich bought it.
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 is best known for his invention of the?
Cotton gin The cotton gin. He came up with the idea when he watched a cat, trying to pull a chicken through a fence, but only got feathers. Penn Foster pg 145. 2nd paragraph.
What is value of 1858 Eli Whitney musket?
Not possible to answer at long distance- value depends on EXACT model, EXACT condition, and originality. You need a hands-on appraisal. Sorry-
