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Definition of Eli Whitney
1. Noun. United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eli Whitney
Literary usage of Eli Whitney
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1898)
"THE story of the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney, of Massachusetts,
while he was a guest of the family of General Na- ..."
2. Leading American Inventors by George Iles (1912)
"Eli Whitney Eli Whitney, famous as the inventor of the cotton gin, was born on
December 8, 1765, in Westboro, a pleasant little village of^Massachusetts, ..."
3. The Economic History of the United States by Ernest Ludlow Bogart (1912)
"In 1792 Eli Whitney, a Connecticut school teacher, while visiting in Georgia,
had his attention directed to the need of a machine for doing this work, ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"TO Eli Whitney. j. MSS. GERMANTOWN, Nov. 16. 1793. SIR,—Your favor of Oct. 15.
inclosing a drawing of your cotton gin, was received on the 6th inst. ..."
5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"TO Eli Whitney. j. MSS. GERMANTOWN, Nov. 16. 1793. SIR,—Your favor of Oct. 15.
inclosing a drawing of your cotton gin, was received on the 6th inst. ..."
6. Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished by Henry Howe (1856)
"Eli Whitney* was born in Westborough, Worcester county, Massachusetts, December
8th, 1765. His parents belonged to that respectable class in society, who, ..."
7. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"FROM A PHOTOGRAPH, Eli Whitney (1821), AGED FIFTY-FIVE. mountains were swarming
with adventurers and emigrants. Oregon, Utah, New Mexico, and Minnesota had ..."
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