Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution / Heather Moore Niver.
Material type: TextSeries: Great entrepreneurs in U.S. historyPublisher: New York : PowerKids Press, [2017]Description: 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781499421231 (paperback)
- 1499421230 (paperback)
- 9781499421255 (library bound)
- 1499421257 (library bound)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Whitney, E. N735 | Available | 33111008879211 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Eli Whitney is remembered as a great inventor. His cotton gin was one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and it did much to shape the course of the American economy. This biography explores Whitney's entrepreneurial mind, bringing into focus his inventions, innovations, and hardworking spirit. Through accessible language and detailed images, this curriculum-focused book provides an in-depth look at the Industrial Revolution, Whitney's role in it, and how together they helped shape a growing nation. A timeline and primary sources complete a comprehensive learning experience.
Includes index.
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.
Profiles the life and achievements of the inventor whose creation of the cotton gin, as well as a machine that could mass-produce muskets, transformed the American economy and greatly influenced manufacturing.