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Essay Galaxy - Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney
Historians believe that one of the greatest pioneers in the birth of
automation, American inventor, pioneer, mechanical engineer, and
manufacturer Eli Whitney. Best remembered as the inventor of the cotton
gin. He made his first violin when he was only 12. Eli started college
when he was 23, in 1788. He left for Georgia and got his first look at
cotton business. He graduated from Yale in 1792, and went to Savannah,
Georgia to teach and study law. After he graduated he went south to tutor
the children of a wealthy plantation owner. He taught school for five
years. Eli Whitney made and sold nails during the Revolutionary war. In
1798 Eli obtained a government contract to make 10,000 muskets. In 1812 he
was given another contract for 15,000 muskets .He built the first firearms
factory to use mass production methods. When Eli Whitney built his first
factory in 1798, he allocated a g....
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