Eli Whitney

American inventor (1765-1825)

6 dated entries naming Eli Whitney, drawn from 6 separate years between 1765 CE and 1825 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

1765December 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)source
1793Eli Whitney invents a cotton gin. This causes a resurgence of slavery in the South.source
1794March 14 – Eli Whitney is granted a United States patent for the cotton gin.source
1798January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts.source
1799Eli Whitney, holding a 1798 United States government contract for the manufacture of muskets, is introduced by Oliver Wolcott Jr. to the concept of interchangeable parts, an origin of the American system of manufacturing.source

19th century

1825January 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)source

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