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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

◼️ September, which comes from the Roman word, septem, which means seven, was the seventh month on the Roman calendar. It became the ninth month on Gregorian calendar, which went into use in 1582. It ...

In the wake of Roe v. Wade, clinics reported an increase in patients from other states like Arizona and Texas.

First Alert Meteorologist Lauren Whitney loves the challenge of tracking Colorado's unique weather patterns and rapidly changing conditions. Lauren joined the CBS Colorado Mornings team in 2011 ...