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Eli Whitney

American inventor (1765-1825)

9 dated entries naming Eli Whitney, drawn from 7 separate years between 1765 CE and 1825 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1765December 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (died 1825)source
  • 1793Eli Whitney invents a cotton gin. This causes a resurgence of slavery in the South.source
  • 1793October 28 – Eli Whitney applies for patent for his cotton gin (the patent is granted the following March).source
  • 1794March 14 – Eli Whitney is granted a United States patent for the cotton gin.source
  • 1798January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts.source
  • 1799Eli Whitney, holding a 1798 United States government contract for the manufacture of muskets, is introduced by Oliver Wolcott Jr. to the concept of interchangeable parts, an origin of the American system of manufacturing.source
  • 1799Eli Whitney, holding a January 1798 U.S. government contract for the manufacture of muskets, is introduced by Oliver Wolcott Jr. to the French concept of interchangeable parts, an origin of the American system of manufacturing.source

19th century

  • 1801July – Eli Whitney demonstrates before Congress the advantages of the system of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of firearms.source
  • 1825January 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (born 1765)source

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