Introduced by Chamber President and CEO Bob McKenna, leaders from NASA Langley Research Center and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility spoke to about 200 people at the Newport News ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...