What is Eli Whitney?
[[File:Whitney-Eli-LOC.jpg|thumb|right|Eli Whitney]] '''Eli Whitney''' (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an [[Americans|American]] [[inventor]]. He is known as the inventor of the [[cotton gin]], an important invention in the [[Industrial Revolution]]. He made it in 1793 March 14. He was born in Westborough, Massachusetts. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/info.htm|title=Eli Whitney & The Cotton Gin|access-date=2009-11-07|archive-date=2009-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226150817/http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/info.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitney, Eli}} [[Category:1765 births]] [[Category:1825 deaths]] [[Category:American inventors]]