U.S. History--Presentation for 10/25/11 on “Eli Whitney and interchangeable parts” In the late 1700s‚ in addition to inventing the cotton gin‚ Eli Whitney also came up with the idea for interchangeable parts. This was the pre-manufacturing of machinery pieces that could be quickly assembled to make a functioning piece of equipment‚ such as a gun. Before Whitney‚ each gun had to be handcrafted‚ and each one was different in its assembly. This meant that it took a long time for them to be made or
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In 1794‚ Eli Whitney invented a simple machine called the cotton gin. The main purpose of this machine was to automatically separate the cotton fibers from the seeds. Similar machines already existed for long-staple cotton‚ but they did not work with short-staple cotton. The basic concept was the same‚ using brushes to separate the two parts of the cotton. Whitney’s design‚ however‚ used spiked teeth to pull the fibers from the seed more effectively than previous machines. Whitney’s cotton gin only
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particular view of an event‚ situation or persona highlights the relationship between representation and meaning. “Seeds of Death” an anti-Nazi artwork by John Heartfield and “Stolz Der Nation” a fictional yet realistic Nazi propaganda film directed by Eli Roth both embody this notion of conflicting perspectives. Compositional elements such as techniques specific to medium of production and contextual reference formulate the basis of how meaning is presented and therefore perceived. Heartfield implements
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The textile industry in the US took off with Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793 (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu). This caused the expansion of the cotton economy (normally slave-based) that could provide raw materials to make the cloth‚ mechanical spinning frames and the development of techniques to catch water power‚ it also gave way to the growth of spinning mills (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu). Over time and successful competition with British textiles the “Waltham-Lowell system” with
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likely in the North or England‚ their primary consumers. Yielding little return on the high-maintenance King (Queen?) of the South‚ her cotton production spiraled into decline in the years leading up to the 1800’s. However‚ ironically‚ a Yankee named Eli Whitney helped the South’s dependency on slavery to bloom like many never though possible with his invention of the cotton gin in 1793. His machine automated the seed
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and actually complete your work on this worksheet. Watch one of the following movies (you will need to obtain the movie on your own): It’s a Wonderful Life Avatar Signs Citizen Kane Treasure of the Sierra Madre To End All Wars Book of Eli Horton Hears a Who Answer each of the four questions below. Note: Be sure to answer the questions as they apply to all the main characters‚ not just the primary character. For example‚ question 1‚ describe the worldviews of all the main characters
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Venue The performance was at Ruth Lilly Performance Hall Christel Dehaan Fine Arts Center‚ on the campus of the University of Indianapolis. It was very beautiful‚ the program gave a disclaimer about the design of the concert hall; which read “The acoustics of Ruth Lilly Performance Hall was designed for optimum dispersion of sound‚ projecting the softest parts of the music clearly too each listener.” I was extremely amazed by this note in the program because we learned about the way that music and
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Eli Whitney was an American inventor. He had a nickname which as “the father of American technology” He was most known for the two inventions he made. They were the key to the Industrial Revolution. The inventions were accountable for mass industrial production that is still used today. During the Industrial Revolution there were many inventions that were assembled to improve the lives of countless people. The cotton gin and interchangeable parts made Eli Whitney one of the most magnificent inventors
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reality. Present day America is filled with inventions that have progressed over the years since they were first invented. Eli Whitney is the brain behind the cotton gin and interchangeable parts and Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat. The creation of the cotton gin‚ interchangeable parts‚ and the steamboat are innovations that evolved America leading it to a change. Eli Whitney wrote to his father of his life after college. He wrote to him over his machine‚ who could operate it producing
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It was 1793‚ when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This allows for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. Eli Whitney was born on December 8‚ 1765 in Westborough‚ Massachusetts. He died on January 8‚ 1825. When he was a child‚ he loved working in his father’s workshop. He’d take things apart‚ then put them back together again. (For example‚ a clock.) He worked on a Georgian Plantation when he was
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