Maker of Machines

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.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Chapter 1: Boy with an Idea
4. Chapter 2: Machines, Machines
5. Chapter 3: It’s Got Teeth
6. Chapter 4: Calamity after Calamity
7. Chapter 5: Muskets for America
8. Chapter 6: Man of Ideas
9. More About Eli Whitney
10. Closing Credits