Different Perspective on the Inventions of Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney Exposé
Many people believe that Eli Whitney was a credit to the Industrial Revolution when really; he stole other's ideas, passing them off as his own. People credit him because America was new as a country and it wanted to be remembered throughout history as doing something good for man kind and the history of industry. He was born in Westboro, Mass. on Dec. 8, 1765, and died on Jan. 8, 1825. Whitney went to Yale College and graduated in 1792.
The only invention the Eli Whitney actually came up with on his own was the Cotton Gin. He discovered that cotton could be sepa…