Maker of Machines
A Story about Eli Whitney
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2004
64 pages
978-1-57505-779-8 (ISBN)
Description
Eli Whitney's love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America's greatest inventors. Best known for inventing the cotton gin, one of the most important American inventions of the century, he changed cotton production forever. A few years later, Whitney invented machines to make muskets that were identical. The first mass-manufacturing business in the country, his musket factory revolutionized the way Americans made things.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Eighth Grade, Reading Age: From 10 to 11 years, Interest Age: From 9 to 14 years
Illustrations
Bibliography; Index; Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-57505-779-8 (9781575057798)
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Info
- Table Of Contents
- Boy With An Idea
- Machines, Machines
- It's Got Teeth
- Calamity After Calamity
- Muskets For America
- Man Of Ideas
- More About Eli Whitney
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About The Author/About The Illustrator
- Back Cover
