Friday, March 25, 2016

Eli Whitney

Not just cotton engines... After the invention of the cotton gin failed to bring him prosperity, Eli Whitney turned to manufacturing muskets for the US government. He developed the idea of interchangable repeatable parts in an assembly, basically setting the stage for mass production. 

1 comment:

The Duke said...

There's a museum devoted to him: https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/