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Cotton gin - Wikipedia A modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794 Whitney's gin used a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously removed the loose cotton lint to prevent jams
Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney - HISTORY In 1794, U S -born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from
What Is A Cotton Gin? A cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds, making cotton processing faster and easier Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, it transformed agriculture by turning a slow, manual task into an industrial process
Invention of Cotton Gin | OSU eHistory The invention of the cotton gin and its manufacture changed that Growing and cultivating cotton became a lucrative and less labor-intensive cash crop, contributing immensely to the rise of cotton production in the Deep South In turn, this led to an increase in the number of slaves and slaveholders and the growth of a cotton-based agricultural economy in the South
Eli Whitneys Patent for the Cotton Gin | National Archives While Eli Whitney is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin, he was also the father of the mass production method In 1798, he figured out how to manufacture muskets by machine so that the parts were interchangeable