Author: Jessica Gunderson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736878951
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South"--Provided by publisher.
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Author: Jessica Gunderson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736878951
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736878951
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South"--Provided by publisher.
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Author: Jessica Gunderson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0736868437
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0736868437
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South.
Inventing the Cotton Gin
Author: Angela Lakwete
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801882722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Lakwete shows how indentured British, and later enslaved Africans, built and used foot-powered models to process the cotton they grew for export. After Eli Whitney patented his wire-toothed gin, southern mechanics transformed it into the saw gin, offering stiff competition to northern manufacturers.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801882722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Lakwete shows how indentured British, and later enslaved Africans, built and used foot-powered models to process the cotton they grew for export. After Eli Whitney patented his wire-toothed gin, southern mechanics transformed it into the saw gin, offering stiff competition to northern manufacturers.
Maker of Machines
Author: Barbara Mitchell
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1575057794
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Eli Whitney’s love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America’s greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of the century, he changed cotton production forever. A few years later, Whitney invented machines to make muskets that were identical. The first mass-manufacturing business in the country, his musket factory revolutionized the way Americans made things.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 1575057794
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Eli Whitney’s love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America’s greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of the century, he changed cotton production forever. A few years later, Whitney invented machines to make muskets that were identical. The first mass-manufacturing business in the country, his musket factory revolutionized the way Americans made things.
Teaching with Documents
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Guide for social studies teachers in using primary sources, particularly those available from the National Archives, to teach history.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Guide for social studies teachers in using primary sources, particularly those available from the National Archives, to teach history.
The Cotton Gin
Author: Nancy Robinson Masters
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780531124062
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Explains the importance of cotton and the mechanics of the cotton gin, patented by Eli Whitney in 1794, and describes how this invention enabled the expansion of the American slave trade.
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780531124062
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Explains the importance of cotton and the mechanics of the cotton gin, patented by Eli Whitney in 1794, and describes how this invention enabled the expansion of the American slave trade.
Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Author: Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventions
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventions
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.
Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology
Author: Constance McLaughlin Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758196422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758196422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Eli Whitney, Great Inventor
Author: Jean Lee Latham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A brief biography of the inventor of a gin to seed upland cotton and of a way to mass produce musket locks.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A brief biography of the inventor of a gin to seed upland cotton and of a way to mass produce musket locks.
The Story of Eli Whitney
Author: Jean Lee Latham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A biography of Eli Whitney tracing his long legal journey to win rights over his pirated cotton gin and to fulfill his Government contract for ten thousand muskets with interchangable parts.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A biography of Eli Whitney tracing his long legal journey to win rights over his pirated cotton gin and to fulfill his Government contract for ten thousand muskets with interchangable parts.