Eli Whitney Jr. (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions...
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The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. The museum's main building...
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Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968) Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857–1911) Eli Whitney (1765–1825) Eli Whitney Blake (1795–1886), inventor Eli Whitney Blake, Jr...
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Yale University (redirect from Eli Whitney Students Program)
College also admits a small group of non-traditional students through the Eli Whitney Students Program. Yale University Library, which holds over 15 million...
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Cotton gin (section Eli Whitney's patent)
mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794. Whitney's gin used a combination of a wire screen and small...
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development. President George Washington approved of the concept, and in 1798 Eli Whitney signed a contract to mass-produce 12,000 muskets built under the new...
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Eli Whitney Debevoise (December 14, 1899 – June 30, 1990) was a prominent New York lawyer who co-founded the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton and periodically...
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manufacture. Eli Whitney may also refer to: Eli Whitney Jr. (1820–1825), son of the inventor, maker of the Colt Walker revolver Eli Whitney Museum in the...
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and rocket test subject Eli Whitney Blake (1795–1886), American inventor Eli Whitney Blake Jr. (1836–1895), American scientist Eli Broad (1933–2021), American...
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Eli Whitney is an unincorporated community in southeastern Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is located at the intersection of North...
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Eli Whitney Debevoise II (born February 8, 1953) is a former U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank Group, where his tenure lasted from April 6, 2007...
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Stratford, Connecticut (redirect from Eli Whitney Elementary School)
Elementary School Stratford Academy: Johnson House (elementary) (3–6) Eli Whitney Elementary School Victoria Soto Elementary School Wilcoxson Elementary...
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Eli Whitney Blake, Sr. (January 27, 1795 – August 18, 1886) was an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the...
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Eli Whitney Blake Jr. (April 20, 1836 – October 1, 1895) was an American scientist. His father and namesake was an inventor and partner of the Blake Brothers...
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Hamden is named Whitney Avenue in honor of Eli Whitney, and it runs past Whitney's old factory, now the Eli Whitney Museum. Whitney constructed stone...
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British industrial methods in textile manufacturing to the United States, Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont's improvements...
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products include the Colt Walker, made in 1847 in the facilities of Eli Whitney Jr., the Colt Single Action Army, the Colt Python, and the Colt M1911...
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meetinghouse for some time more. Westborough's most famous native son, Eli Whitney, contributed to the industrial progress of the country. Born in 1765...
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and the main road through both towns is known as Whitney Avenue. The factory is now the Eli Whitney Museum, which has a particular emphasis on activities...
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Roe, a respected founding father of machine tool historians, credited Eli Whitney (one of the private arms makers mentioned above) with producing the first...
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cotton was first grown here by a local family, the Millers, who helped Eli Whitney develop the cotton gin. With its unusual range of wildlife, the island...
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called for 1,000 of the revolvers and accoutrements. Colt commissioned Eli Whitney to fill the contract and produced an extra 100 revolvers for private...
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Lieutenant Governor and Deputy Governor of New Haven Jurisdiction. Eli Whitney Blake (1795–1886), manufacturer and inventor of the stone crusher. His...
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throughout its broadcast run. Author Kurt Andersen described Henning as "the Eli Whitney of American television production." Henning was born and grew up on a...
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Model 1795 was the first musket to be produced in the United States by Eli Whitney at both the Springfield and Harpers Ferry U.S. armories. It was based...
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in Philadelphia, in 1796. She was a noted supporter of the inventor Eli Whitney. Her "extraordinary activity of mind, and tact in seizing on points,...
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international law firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1931 by Eli Whitney Debevoise and William Stevenson, the firm was originally named “Debevoise...
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Eli Whitney Technical High School, or Whitney Tech, is a technical high school located in Hamden, Connecticut, which receives students from many nearby...
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Anything Goes (redirect from Elisha J. Whitney)
Street broker Billy Crocker helps his boss Elisha J. Whitney prepare for his trip to London. Eli tells Billy the next morning he's to make a huge sale...
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University of Michigan Wolverines. The Whitney name was used because the factory was located near the old Eli Whitney factory site. A victim of extremely...
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