Eli

Examples

• Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The great increase in demand for cotton produced by these machine inventions could not have been met had it not been for Eli Whitney's invention of the saw gin in America in 1793. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The chief reason for this marvelous advance was the cotton-gin, for which Eli Whitney applied for a patent in 1793. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This was the invention of Eli Whitney, of Massachusetts, and was patented by him March 14, 1794. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And the man said unto Eli, 'I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The material value of Eli Whitney’s invention can hardly be estimated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then Mrs. Greene pointed to Eli Whitney with a smile. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• So as soon as it became bruited abroad that Eli Whitney had such a machine in his workroom that spot became the Mecca for the countryside. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the first book of Samuel is told the story of their great disaster at Ebenezer in the days when Eli was judge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Miller, who was a lawyer with a taste for mechanics, and who was, again like Eli Whitney, a New Englander and graduate of Yale, married Mrs. Greene after the General’s death. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Eli Whitney had given us the cotton gin. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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