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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • railroad attorney, US Senator: 165  Eli Whitney Blake Jr. (1857), American scientist and educator, great-nephew of Eli Whitney John Thomas Croxton (1857), Civil...
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