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Eli Whitney
American inventor Eli Whitney.
Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of George Hoadley, B.A. 1801, 1827.1
Cotton gin
A reproduction of Eli Whitney's 1794 cotton gin. His invention used rotating brushes...
Division of Home and Community Life, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Whitney Arms Company
The Whitney Arms Company in New Haven, Connecticut, 1880.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (hhh ct0106.photos.023838p)
Eli Whitney: cotton gin sketch
Sketch submitted to the Patent Office by Eli Whitney, showing the operation of the...
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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