Maker of Machines
Maker of Machines

Author: Barbara Mitchell

Publisher: Millbrook Press

Published: 2004-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1575057794

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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.

Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution
Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution

Author: Heather Moore Niver

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1499421257

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Eli Whitney is remembered as a great inventor. His cotton gin was one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and it did much to shape the course of the American economy. This biographical title explores Whitney’s entrepreneurial mind, bringing to life his inventions, innovations, and hardworking spirit. Through accessible language and detailed images, this curriculum-focused title provides an in-depth look at the Industrial Revolution, Whitney’s role in it, and how together they helped shape a growing nation. A timeline and primary sources complete a comprehensive learning experience.

Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney

Author: Karen Bush Gibson

Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1612288103

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Eli Whitney was an inventor best known for his invention of the cotton gin. But it was his ideas and methods that had the greatest impact on America, bringing the country into the Industrial Revolution. He grew up as a farmer's son, but was often found in his father's workshop. As a boy during the American Revolution, he started his first business as a supplier of nails. Against his family's wishes, he insisted on getting an education from Yale. It was while he was studying to be a lawyer that he stumbled upon a solution to clean cotton. Whitney most enjoyed looking at a problem and trying to solve it, whether it was how to clean cotton or lock a desk. He created solutions with easily understood steps. With these steps, he developed a system of manufacturing that worked well with anything that had pieces to be put together. It would be used to mass-produce guns, sewing machines, and, later, cars. Today's manufacturing can be traced to Eli Whitney.

Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin

Author: Jessica Gunderson

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780736878951

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"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.

Inventing the Cotton Gin
Inventing the Cotton Gin

Author: Angela Lakwete

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2005-09-16

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780801882722

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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.

The Industrial Revolution for Kids
The Industrial Revolution for Kids

Author: Cheryl Mullenbach

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1613746938

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An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People ILA Children's and Young Adult's Book Award—Intermediate Nonfiction 2014 VOYA Non-Fiction Honor List The Industrial Revolution for Kids introduces a time of monumental change in a "revolutionary" way. Learn about the new technologies and new forms of communication and transportation that impacted American life—through the people who invented them and the people who built, operated, and used them. In addition to wealthy industrialists such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie and ingenious inventors such as Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell, you'll learn about everyday workers, activists, and kids. The late 19th and early 20th centuries come to life through the eyes of hardworking Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad; activist Isaac Myers, an African American ship caulker who became a successful businessman and labor union organizer; toiling housewife Hannah Montague, who revolutionized the clothing industry with her popular detachable collars and cuffs; and many others who help tell the human stories of the Industrial Revolution. Twenty-one hands-on activities invite young history buffs to experience life and understand the changing technologies of this important era.

The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution

Author: Lewis Helfand

Publisher: Campfire

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9381182280

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While we all know that large-scale industrialization began in the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution truly began in Germany with Johannes Gutenberg and his printing press. His innovation made it possible to mass-produce books, which spread literacy and knowledge all across Europe. It was in the eighteenth century, however, that manual labor started being replaced by what we today know as machines. First in Europe came Thomas Newcomen and James Watt and the steam engine. Then came John Kay and his flying shuttle, which led to the development of the textile industry. Then, in the United States, there was Robert Fulton and his steamboat, and Eli Whitney and his cotton gin. Finally, it was Henry Ford whose mass-produced vehicles made cars affordable to all. The Industrial Revolution continues to this day as formerly less developed countries, especially in Asia, have taken to rapid industrialization to improve their economy. Lexile Reading Level 800L.

The Dawn of Innovation
The Dawn of Innovation

Author: Charles R. Morris

Publisher:

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1586488287

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From the bestselling author of The Trillion Dollar Meltdown and The Tycoons comes the fascinating, panoramic story of the rise of American industry between the War of 1812 and the Civil War

The Story of Eli Whitney
The Story of Eli Whitney

Author: Jean Lee Latham

Publisher:

Published: 1953

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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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.