Eli Whitney, Inventor - Whitney's Cotton Gin

20 WHITNEY'S COTTON GIN ELI WHITNEY INVENTOR BOR DEC 8, 1763 AT WESTBORO, MASS GRADUATED FROM YALE IN 1792-IN GEORGIA AS A TEACHER, HE TRIED TO DEVISE A MACHINE TO DO THE TEDIOUS WORK OF SEPAR ATING COTTON FIBER FROM THE SEEDS THE COTTON GIN RESULTED, PERFORMING THE WORK OF 100 MEN LATER ONA SMALL ARMS CONTRACT, HE ORIGINATED MASS PRODUCTION OF PARTS FOR LATER ASSEMBLY. HE DIED JAN. 8,1825 6-STEPHEN ANDERSON AVANNA 9-AM 1940 GA ELI WHITNEY ELI WHITEY |ç IRST DAY OP Joseph Kukla 254 State St., Schenectady, N.Y. ELI SHE