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Bookmark or Share- Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin, Inventions & Definition - Biography(1765-1825) Who Was Eli Whitney? Eli Whitney studied at Yale before going on to invent the cotton gin, a device that highly streamlined the process of extracting fiber from cotton seeds. With...
- Cotton gin | Definition, Inventor, Impact, & Facts | BritannicaCotton gin, machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793. It is credited with fixing cotton cultivation, virtually to the exclusion of other crops, in the U.S. South and so institutionalizing slavery.
- Eli Whitney | Biography, Inventions, Cotton Gin ... - BritannicaEli Whitney (born December 8, 1765, Westboro, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died January 8, 1825, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer. He is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin but most importantly for developing the concept of mass production of interchangeable parts.
- Cotton gin - WikipediaA cotton gin — meaning "cotton engine" — is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The fibers are then processed into various cotton goods such as calico , while any undamaged cotton is used largely for textiles like clothing.
- Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney - HISTORYIn 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...
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