If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin ... and became famous for his labor-saving invention. He would go on to pioneer the ...

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 ...

As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison. Ask someone to name a famous modern-day inventor, though, and you’ll ...

Whitney would become a familiar name in American history books for his inventions. A small plaque now sits in front of a classic white farmhouse in a quiet residential neighborhood on Eli Whitney ...