Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Author: Jessica Gunderson
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736878951

"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South"--Provided by publisher.

Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin

Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Author: Jessica Gunderson
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0736868437

In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South.

Inventing the Cotton Gin

Inventing the Cotton Gin
Author: Angela Lakwete
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2005-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801882722

Lakwete shows how indentured British, and later enslaved Africans, built and used foot-powered models to process the cotton they grew for export. After Eli Whitney patented his wire-toothed gin, southern mechanics transformed it into the saw gin, offering stiff competition to northern manufacturers.

Maker of Machines

Maker of Machines
Author: Barbara Mitchell
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1575057794

Eli Whitney’s love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America’s greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of the century, he changed cotton production forever. A few years later, Whitney invented machines to make muskets that were identical. The first mass-manufacturing business in the country, his musket factory revolutionized the way Americans made things.

Teaching with Documents

Teaching with Documents
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1989
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Guide for social studies teachers in using primary sources, particularly those available from the National Archives, to teach history.

The Cotton Gin

The Cotton Gin
Author: Nancy Robinson Masters
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531124062

Explains the importance of cotton and the mechanics of the cotton gin, patented by Eli Whitney in 1794, and describes how this invention enabled the expansion of the American slave trade.

Great Inventors and Their Inventions

Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Author: Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1918
Genre: Inventions
ISBN:

Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.

The Story of Eli Whitney

The Story of Eli Whitney
Author: Jean Lee Latham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1953
Genre:
ISBN:

A biography of Eli Whitney tracing his long legal journey to win rights over his pirated cotton gin and to fulfill his Government contract for ten thousand muskets with interchangable parts.

Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney
Author: Catherine A. Welch
Publisher: LernerClassroom
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0822585448

True or false? Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine for removing seeds from cotton. False! Eli Whitney was the first person to build a wire-toothed cotton gin. But Eli's gin was not the first machine of its kind. He made nails to earn money when he was a boy. He went to court to protect his wire-toothed cotton gin when others tried to build similar machines. He started his own musket-making business.