The cotton gin explained 8 Articles

by William Kesatie

In the early 1790s, cotton growers in the United States - especially inland in the southern states - had a very large problem: their farming efforts weren't profitable. While cotton is one of the most common materials used...read more

by Andrew Murphy

Sometimes the smallest invention can have an enormous impact far beyond anything ever imagine by its inventor. That was certainly the case when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. His invention made cotton a more economic...read more

by InspiredWritingResea rch

Inventor Cheated Out Of His Rights Through Plagiarism What a terrible thing it must be to invest a substantial amount of your life, your blood, sweat, tears and worse your precious idea and then have the benefits you d...read more

by Rolando Cruz

As an American Inventory of the late 1700's and early 1800's Eli Whitney's place is history is at times rather obscure given the revolutionary value of his contributions. Eli is credited with among other things, inventing ...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

The cotton gin is a textile mechanical machine able to remove the seeds from cotton fibers, invented and patented in 1793 by the American ELI WHITNEY. This machine was originally moved by hand, by means of a crank that m...read more

by Marien Kind

Eli Whitney is most credited for the invention of the musket using interchangeable parts, a precedent to Henry Ford's assembly line. However, with the boom of cotton in the 19th century, farmers in the South wanted to find...read more

by Steve Grant

1793, this was the year which Eli Whitney invented the Cotton gin. The cotton gin is a machine that was used to separate the cotton fibers from the cotton seeds that were picked in the slave days. It was invented as it was...read more

by Marc Quaglia

A cotton gin is a simple device designed to separate cotton fibers from the seedpods and seeds of the cotton plants. Using a wire screen and a metal roller covered with small metal hooks, the cotton gin draws the cotton fi...read more