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Bookmark or Share- 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.
- Biography of Eli Whitney, Inventor of the Cotton Gin - ThoughtCoEli Whitney (December 8, 1765–January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, manufacturer, and mechanical engineer who invented the cotton gin. One of the most significant inventions of the American Industrial Revolution, the cotton gin turned cotton into a highly profitable crop.
- 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...
- Eli Whitney | Biography, Inventions, Cotton Gin ... - BritannicaEli Whitney was an American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer who lived in New England from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. He helped revolutionize cotton processing and factory manufacturing with his inventions and methods.
- Eli Whitney - National Inventors Hall of FameBorn Dec. 8, 1765 - Died Jan. 8, 1825. American inventor, pioneer, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer Eli Whitney is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin. He also affected the industrial development of the United States when, in manufacturing muskets for the government, he translated the concept of interchangeable parts into a ...
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