Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney
Rođenje	(1756-12-08) 8. decembar 1756. Westborough, Massachusetts, SAD
Smrt	8. januar 1856(1856-01-08) (99 godina) New Haven, Connecticut, SAD

Eli Whitney (8. decembar 1756. - 8. januar 1856. godine) je bio američki inovator koji je otkrio mašinu za čišćenje pamuka.

Biografija

Rođen 8. decembra 1756. godine u Westboroughu kao sin farmera. Whitney završava Yale 1792. godine i postaje član "Phi Beta Društva". 6. januara 1817. godine vjenčao se sa Henriettom Edwards s kojom je imao četvero djece. Eli Whitney preminuo je 8. januara 1856. godine.

Također pogledajte

• Mašina za čišćenje pamuka

Vanjski linkovi

• The Eli Whitney Museum
• Eli Whitney Biography on at Whitney Research Group
• Inventor of the Week: Eli Whitney (MIT)
• Entry in New Georgia Encyclopedia Arhivirano 5. 4. 2013. na Wayback Machine
• Photograph of house in which the Cotton Gin was invented, Wilkes County, Georgia, ca. 1910
• Tekstovi na Wikiizvoru:
  • "Whitney, Eli". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
  • "Whitney, Eli". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
  • "Whitney, Eli". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11. izd.). 1911. str. 611.
  • "Whitney, Eli". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  • "Whitney, Eli". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1889.
  • "Whitney, Eli". The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
• Letter from Eli Whitney to his Father regarding his invention of the cotton gin, September 11, 1793
• Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Eli Whitney Jr. regarding his cotton gin patent, November 16, 1793
• Obituary for Eli Whitney, in Niles Weekly Register, January 25, 1825
• Eli Whitney papers (MS 554). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. [1]