- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Eli Whitney
- Date of Original:
- 1765/1825
- Subject:
- Inventors--United States
Engineers--United States
Industrialists--United States
Men--United States
Mechanical engineers--United States
Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825--Portraits
Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- paintings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney lived in Georgia for just a year, on Catharine Greene's Mulberry Grove plantation near Savannah. After learning of the difficulty planters had with separating seeds from fibers in upland, or "short-staple," cotton, he set out to create a machine that could perform such a task more efficiently. His invention, the cotton gin, revolutionized the southern economy.
Image of a portrait of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin. Whitney lived in Georgia for just a year, on Catharine Greene's Mulberry Grove plantation near Savannah. During his stay, he learned of the difficulty planters had with separating seeds from fibers in upland cotton. He imagined how a machine could perform such a task more efficiently, and thus devised the cotton gin. Whitney's invention revolutionized the southern economy. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cotton-gins/m-3464/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/eli-whitney-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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