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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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Did Eli die at the end of book of Eli?

Yea he died because he did what he had to do so know he can finally rest in peace meaning ever last slumber.

What bible passage does Eli says in the bar before he fights in the movie The book of Eli?

It is from Genesis book 3 verses 17-19. It is just after God discovers that Adam and Eve have eaten of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. God walks through the garden calling to Adam and Eve only to find them hiding. When God asks why, Adam tells Him "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself". God asks if they ate of the tree and they admit it, although they blame each other instead of apologizing for their actions. God curses them and in The Book Of Eli, Denzel Washington quotes the curse God put on Adam. "Cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For, dust you are and to dust you shall return." Fortunately, all the Bibles in the world haven't been destroyed. If you haven't read it, you should check it out. It's a fascinating story, as most of the stories in the Bible are.

Was Eli blind?

Yes, according to the Bible, Eli the priest went blind in his old age.

What was Eli Whitney children names?

Frances Edwards, Elizabeth Fay, Eli Jr and Susan Edwards

Was Eli Whitney a christian?

More than likely he was. He prepared to attend Yale by studying under under the tutelage of Rev. Elizur Goodrich of Connecticut. He married Henrietta Edwards, granddaughter of the famed evangelist Jonathan Edwards and cousin of Timothy Dwight, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, author and eight president of Yale college. It is reasonable that he must have been considered Christian in order to get along with his teachers and in-laws.

Why is Elie reluctant to pray as he marches toward the crematory pit?

Elie is reluctant to pray as he marches toward the crematory pit because he has lost faith in God's presence and goodness. Witnessing the horrors of the concentration camp has shaken his belief in a benevolent higher power, leading him to question the existence of God in the face of such immense suffering.

Did Eli Whitney win any awards for the cotton gin invention?

No, Eli Whitney did not win any awards for his invention of the cotton gin. Although his invention revolutionized cotton production in the United States, he did not receive any official awards for it.

How did Eli Whitney's mother die Eli is cool?

There is limited public information available about the cause of Eli Whitney's mother's death. Therefore, the specific details surrounding her death are not widely known.

Were there any hobbies that Eli Whitney did?

It appears he graduated from Yale University with a bachelors degree.

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Is gin bad?

Depends. If it's cruddy gin, it's terrible to the taste. Maybe a nice Blue Sapphire or Tanqueray is quite delicious with some sours and a cherry.

Gin, like all liquor, is technically a poison for your body that has to be filtered out by your liver and kidneys. However, enjoyed responsibly, it is no more dangerous than other hard liquors like whiskey, tequila or vodka.

How did the cotton gin lead to the growth of the institution of slavery?

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I studied this... I'm glad to help you!

- The cotton gin affected slavery because after the cotton gin was invented more slave owners wanted slaves in order to be able to organize the cotton. Since this machine worked really fast in the process of taking the seeds off the cotton, the slaves would have to also work faster to get the cotton & organize it without stopping (even if the machine was to fast).

Why did Eli Whitney Cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery into more of the south?

The cotton gin made cotton production more profitable, as long as the slave labor remained. More planters pursued larger profits under the plantation system.

It made the cotton trade so profitable that Southern leaders were strongly motivated to preserve slavery and extend it, if possible.

Growing cotton became more profitable, growers expanded crop acreage, and more slaves were needed to grow the cotton.

What was an unintended negative effect of the cotton gin?

I am doing an essay on this right now so I would be glad to answer your question.

The positive effects of the "cotton gin" was that it made producing cotton so much easier. Before Eli Whitney invented the "cotton gin", picking the seeds out of the cotton plants were so laborious and time consuming. but now, it was easy and fast, and farmers made much more money.

The negative effects of the "cotton gin" was that it made the need for slaves greatly increase, and the number of slave states shot up. Plantations grew, and work became regimented and relentless (unending).

Hope that helps!

How did the cotton gin have an impact on transportation?

Cotton bolls are transported by first being compacted into modules with a machine called a module builder. A module is kind of like a bale of cotton, except it weighs 10,000 to 20,000 pounds. Once the module is built, it is loaded onto a flatbed truck and hauled to the cotton gin.

(An update: Since I wrote that, John Deere and IH Case have introduced new cotton pickers that have onboard module builders. The minimodules so produced are round and weigh 5000 pounds. A fully equipped John Deere 7760 cotton picker is nearly $900,000 and you only need it two weeks a year, so many of the guys who have these are contract cotton harvest operators. They like the machine because it dramatically cuts down on the number of workers needed.)

After the bolls are processed into cotton lint, it is compressed into "standard density bales." These can be transported in regular dry vans or railroad boxcars.

When the cotton is spun into yarn, woven into cloth and made into finished goods, it can be transported like any other dry freight is transported.

Who invented the cotton gin which caused an increased in slavery?

Eli Whitney. Slavery increased because cotton production greatly increased after the cotton gin was invented.

Where can you buy womens cotton quilted robes?

Here's a quilted robe, but it's cotton/polyester. http://www.wittmanntextiles.com/susosnfrcoro.html

What impact did the invention of the cotton gin have on other industries?

The invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin affected the South's greatly. Not only did it help the production of cotton be more efficient, it also took up less manual labor. It did not help pick the cotton from the fields, but it did help weave the cotton into a cloth-like substance. In conclusion, the cotton gin helped the South produce cotton faster and took up less need for slaves. I hope this will be helpful.

What is the significance of the cotton kingdom?

It made a few rich, enhanced the southern economy and kept slavery alive.

What importance had Eli's Whitney's cotton gin?

Working by hand, one slave could clean up to 50lbs. of cotton per day. When cotton gins were run by water power or steam, one slave could clean over 1,000lbs. of cotton per day. With the cotton gin, cotton cleaning became much easier and much faster.

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Why is Eli Whitney famous?

He was an American inventor who invented cotton gin, this was one of the key inventions in the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of Antebellum Age.

Did interchangeable parts have to do with mass production?

Eli Whitney is usually given credit, but Honore Blanc was the first to demonstrate firearms assembled from interchangeable parts about 1778. Twenty years later Whitney performed essentially the same demonstration for the US Congress. Neither of these men were able to mass produce their firearms because the parts were still made by skilled craftsmen. In 1814, Eli Terry began production of a wooden clock but his methods were not adaptable to metal machines. Between 1819 and 1826, John Hall constructed specialized machines to cut, form, and mold metal parts for the M1819 Hall rifle at the Harper's Ferry Arsenal and was the first to mass-produce interchangeable parts. At about the same time, Simeon North created the first milling machine that eliminated much of the hand-filing previously required. North also received a contract from the US Congress to provide M1819 Hall rifles and soon parts from a gun produced in Virginia could be used to repair another produced in Connecticut and vice-versa.

How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin affect the value of slaves?

When the cotton gin was invented, slaves became incredibly valuable. This invention separated seeds from the white cottony fiber of the cotton, eliminating the need of slaves to do it. So the farmers could now grow more cotton, and to do this they needed more slaves. But at this time slave trade was abolished. So slaves became extremely expensive. From $600 to $1,800!So people started to 'breed' slaves, as a result of this.