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 ...

Plantation owners grew increasingly dependent on slaves in the subsequent years. During the early 19th century, Eli Whitney, using interchangeable parts to assemble muskets, used them to allow ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton ... He would go on to pioneer the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing, but ...

Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years ... Whitney invention—muskets with interchangeable components—inaugurated manufacturing systems for producing uniform parts, without which the U.S. economy ...

But they did. Blanc had taken enormous pains to ensure that all the parts were precisely the same. It was a spectacular demonstration of the power of interchangeable parts. 50 Things That Made the ...

The first figure of note to attempt the goal of interchangeable parts was Eli Whitney. Having seen his attempt to market his cotton gin end in disaster, Whitney turned in 1797 to the idea of gun ...

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The first patent issued for an invention by an American inventor was in 1790 for an improvement to potash production, and it ...

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.

I've been working for PCMag since early 2016 writing tutorials, how-to pieces, and other articles on consumer technology. Beyond PCMag, I've written news stories and tutorials for a variety of ...

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 live in one of the Gulf states — Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or Florida — a Hancock Whitney certificates of deposit (CD) could be for you. The regional bank offers maturities ...