See also:

• ELI (Hebrew for "high"? i Sam. chaps. i.-iv.)

ELI See also:

• ELI WHITNEY (1765-1825)
• WHITNEY, JOSIAH DWIGHT (1819-1896)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM COLLINS (1841-1904)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM DWIGHT (1827-1894)

WHITNEY (1765-1825)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American inventor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on a See also:

• FARM

farm in See also:

• WESTBORO

Westboro, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 8th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1765 . He exhibited unusual See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical ability at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and earned a considerable See also:

• PART

part of his expenses at Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, where he graduated in 1792 . He soon went to See also:

• SAVANNAH

Savannah, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, expecting to secure a position as a teacher, but was disappointed, and accepted the invitation of Mrs See also:

• NATHANAEL

Nathanael See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene, the widow of the Revolutionary See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, to spend some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time on her See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation on the Savannah See also:

• RIVER

river, while deciding upon his future course . The construction by See also:

• WHITNEY, ELI (1765-1825)
• WHITNEY, JOSIAH DWIGHT (1819-1896)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM COLLINS (1841-1904)
• WHITNEY, WILLIAM DWIGHT (1827-1894)

Whitney of several ingenious See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household contrivances led Mrs Greene to introduce him to some gentlemen who were discussing the desirability of a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine to See also:

• SEPARATE

separate the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• STAPLE

staple upland See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton from its seeds, See also:

• WORK

work which was then done by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand at the See also:

• RATE

rate of a See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound of See also:

• LINT (in M. Eng. linnet, probably through Fr. linette, from lin, the flax-plant; cf. " line ")

lint a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . In a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks Whitney produced a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, consisting of a wooden See also:

• CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

cylinder encircled by rows of slender spikes set See also:

• HALF

half an See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch apart, which extended between the bars of a grid set so closely together that the seeds could not pass, but the lint was pulled through by the revolving spikes; a revolving See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush cleaned the spikes, and the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into another compartment . The machine was worked by hand and could clean 50 lb of lint a day . The model seems to have been stolen, but another was constructed and a patent was granted on the 14th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1794 . Meanwhile Whitney had formed a See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with Phineas See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

Miller (who afterward married Mrs Greene), and they built at New Haven, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, a factory (burned in March 1795) for the manufacture of the gins . The partners intended to establish an See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly and to See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge a See also:

• TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf. " tale," " tell ")
• TOLL, JOHAN KRISTOFFER, COUNT (1743-1817)

toll of one-third of the cotton or to buy the whole See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop . They were unable to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply the demand for gins, and See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country blacksmiths constructed many See also:

• MACHINES

machines . A patent, later annulled, was granted (May 12, 1796) to Hogden See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes for a See also:

• GIN

gin which substituted circular saws for the spikes . Whitney spent much time and See also:

• MONEY

money prosecuting infringements of his patent, and in 1807 its validity was finally settled .

The See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial returns in Georgia cannot be ascertained . The legislature of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina voted $50,000 for the rights for that See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, while See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina levied a license tax for five years, from which about $3o,000 was realized . See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee paid, perhaps, $10,000.1 Meanwhile Whitney, disgusted with the struggle, began the manufacture of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-arms near New Haven (1798) and secured profitable See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government contracts; he introduced in this factory See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of labour and standardized parts . Although the See also:

• MODERN

modern gin has been much enlarged and improved, the essential features are the same as in Whitney's first model, and the invention profoundly influenced American See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial, economic and social See also:

• HISTORY

history . See See also:

• DENISON
• DENISON, GEORGE ANTHONY (1805-1896)
• DENISON, GEORGE TAYLOR (1839- )

Denison See also:

• OLMSTED, DENISON (1791-1859)
• OLMSTED, F
• OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW (1822-1903)

Olmsted, Memoir (New Haven, 1846) ; D . A . See also:

• TOMPKINS, DANIEL D

Tompkins, Cotton and Cotton Oil (See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte, N.C., 1901) ; and W . P . See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake, " See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of See also:

• ELI (Hebrew for "high"? i Sam. chaps. i.-iv.)

Eli Whitney " in New Haven See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society, Papers, vol. v . (New Haven, 1894) .