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Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution
Title:
Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution
Author:
Niver, Heather Moore.
Subject:
Cotton gins and ginning -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Industrial revolution -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825 -- Juvenile literature.
Contents:
Man of many talents -- Eli's early life -- School and work -- Friends and cotton -- Sticky problems -- Inventing the cotton gin -- Patents and problems -- A new start and new ideas -- Manufacturing muskets -- Shaping industries -- Forming a factory -- Learning lessons -- Changing lives -- Glossary -- Websites.
Note:
Includes index.