Tag: Eli Whitney

German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented a “Navigable Balloon” on this day in 1899. Did you know that: • Physicist Pieter van Musschenbroek, inventor of the first electrical capacitor, the Leyden Jar, was born on this day in 1692• Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin machine on this day in 1794• James […]

The Clifton Suspension Bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was opened in Bristol, England on this day in 1864. Did you know that: • Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, was born on this day in 1765• Georges Melies, the first filmmaker to film a fictional story, was born on this day in […]