Maker of Machines

Maker of Machines
Author :
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Total Pages : 68
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781575057798
ISBN-13 : 1575057794
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Maker of Machines by : Barbara Mitchell

Download or read book Maker of Machines written by Barbara Mitchell and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Maker of Machines Related Books

Maker of Machines
Language: en
Pages: 68
Authors: Barbara Mitchell
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-08-01 - Publisher: Millbrook Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 mo
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Language: en
Pages: 36
Authors: Jessica Gunderson
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Capstone

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"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.
Inventing the Cotton Gin
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Angela Lakwete
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-09-16 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 Whit
Great Inventors and Their Inventions
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Categories: Inventions
Type: BOOK - Published: 1918 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern wor
The Story of Eli Whitney
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Jean Lee Latham
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1953 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 musk