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1765-1825

Eli Whitney and the cotton gin

2007
Presents a brief biography of inventor Eli Whitney in graphic novel format, and examines the effects his cotton gin had on the economy of the South during the nineteenth century.

Eli Whitney

American inventor
2003
A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin, whose application of standardized parts to the production of weapons and other machines was a major influence in the development of industry.

Eli Whitney

cotton gin genius
2004
Surveys the life and accomplishments of American inventor and mechanic Eli Whitney, who is best known for building the cotton gin, a machine to separate cotton fiber from its sticky seeds.

Eli Whitney

2004
Tells the life story of Eli Whitney and describes the impact of his major inventions, the cotton gin and mass production, on the world.

Maker of machines

a story about Eli Whitney
2004
Looks at the life and accomplishments of Eli Whitney, the eighteenth-century inventor who revolutionized cotton production in the South with his creation of the cotton gin, and who later designed machines for the mass production of muskets.

Eli Whitney

2013
Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the life and inventions of Eli Whitney.

The inventions of Eli Whitney

the cotton gin
2003
Provides a biographical sketch of Eli Whitney and a description of his most famous invention, the cotton gin, which made the harvesting of cotton easier.

Eli Whitney

2002
A biography of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin and machines that mass produced gun parts.

Eli Whitney

1990
A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin, whose application of standardized parts to the production of weapons and other machines was a major influence in the development of industry.

Eli Whitney, great inventor

1991
A biography of the inventor of the cotton gin who also developed basic ideas of mass production in the manufacture of weapons and other machines.

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