Author : Jessica Gunderson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736878951
"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.
Author : Angela Lakwete
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 38,54 MB
Release : 2005-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801882722
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.
Author : Barbara Mitchell
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1575057794
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.
Author : Holly Cefrey
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823964437
Provides a biographical sketch of Eli Whitney and a description of his most famous invention, the cotton gin, which made the harvesting of cotton easier.
Author : Katie Bagley
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780736815536
A biography of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, whose application of standardized parts to the production of weapons and other machines was a major influence in the development of industry.
Author : Eli Whitney
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 14,66 MB
Release : 18??
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Author : Tracy J. Garcia
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1477701745
Eli Whitney changed manufacturing with the cotton gin and helped make improvements in the area of mass production through interchangeable parts. Readers will see how Whitney also drastically changed farming in America with his inventions.
Author : Catherine A. Welch
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 35,73 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822585448
True or false? Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine for removing seeds from cotton. False! Eli Whitney was the first person to build a wire-toothed cotton gin. But Eli's gin was not the first machine of its kind. He made nails to earn money when he was a boy. He went to court to protect his wire-toothed cotton gin when others tried to build similar machines. He started his own musket-making business.
Author : Kaye Patchett
Publisher : Blackbirch Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 2003-01-06
Category : Inventors
ISBN : 9781567114614
This book surveys the life and accomplishments of American inventor and mechanic Eli Whitney, who is best known for building the cotton gin, a machine to separate cotton fiber from its sticky seeds.
Author : Regan A. Huff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780823966288
By learning about history from a particular and unique biographical perspective, each student will learn about the following social studies curricular themes: - culture- individual development and identity- power, authority, and governance- global connections- people, places, and environments- individuals, groups, and institutions- production, distribution, and consumption- civic ideals and practices
