Eli Whitney
- ISBN-10
- 0822585448
- ISBN-13
- 9780822585442
- Series
- Eli Whitney
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Publisher
- LernerClassroom
- Author
- Catherine A. Welch
Description
True or false? Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine for removing seeds from cotton. False! Eli Whitney was the first person to build a wire-toothed cotton gin. But Eli's gin was not the first machine of its kind. He made nails to earn money when he was a boy. He went to court to protect his wire-toothed cotton gin when others tried to build similar machines. He started his own musket-making business.
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