Born to a family of of prominent farmers and manufacturers (Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, was a distant cousin), young Asa Whitney displayed ambition in business. In his teens he went ...

Today marks Eli Whitney’s 251st birthday. Although he’s known for a famous invention that completely transformed the economy of the south, Whitney’s roots are in Massachusetts. He was born ...

Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years before the Civil War, but his most famous invention, the cotton gin, set the economic stage for war. Whitney's gin made cotton production far more efficient ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

It is very difficult to tell just who is going to originate a new thing. Teacher Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Charles Goodyear got his start with his family’s hardware store. Robert Fulton and ...

Eli Whitney School is a public school located in Enfield, CT, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Eli Whitney School is 339 and the school serves 3-5. At Eli Whitney ...