click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

Eli Whitney does not own slaves according to any historical evidence. His parents failed to provide him with enough money to support his education as a young man. Whitney created an improved ...

Old master gin and bale his own cotton. That old press had them long arms a-sticking down what they hitch horses to and make them go ‘round and ‘round and press the bale.” – Ann Hawthorne Eli Whitney ...

Northern readers of a new publication, Forward Atlanta, were shocked to read the following business item: “The Murray Gin ... cotton, first invented by Eli Whitney at Savannah, Ga., in 1793 ...

Medical students should consider how AI could change the work physicians do (and get paid for) when choosing specialties.

Today is the 302nd day of 2024. There are 64 days left in the year. 2011: The Commonwealth countries agree to change centuries-old rules of succession that put sons on the British throne ahead of any ...

Briana Whitney joined Arizona's Family in February 2018 as a reporter and created and hosts True Crime Arizona, which consists of a podcast, TV specials, documentaries, and case investigations.

Whitney is an Emmy award-winning weekend morning anchor and reporter. She is thrilled to be back “home” at Arizona’s Family! Whitney grew up watching the morning news before school so she ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...