Eli Whitney’s cotton gin was not as instrumental in pushing the United States to Civil War as many believe, a history ...

In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1812, the U.S. government authorized the issue of America's ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

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 ...

Non-traditional student community organizers from Brown, Princeton and Yale held the inaugural cross-Ivy Non-Traditional ...

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 ...

In a Facebook post, Eli's on Whitney said its flagship location at 2392 Whitney Ave. will temporarily close for renovations starting March 9. The restaurant said it plans to reopen March 14 ...