Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney
Eli Whitneywas an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney's invention made upland short cotton into a profitable crop, which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery in the United States. Despite the social and economic impact of his invention, Whitney lost many profits in legal battles over patent infringement for the cotton gin. Thereafter, he turned his attention...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth8 December 1765
CityWestborough, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Eli Whitney quotes about
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.
I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor,
I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.
I never thought my cotton gin would change history.
I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make.
One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.
I can make just such ones if I had tools, and I could make tools if I had tools to make them with.