Eli Whitney
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Eli Whitney Jr. was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whi
1822 portrait of Whitney by Samuel Morse
Petition by Whitney to the selectmen of Westborough, Massachusetts, to run a public school, with sample of his penmanship
"First cotton gin" from Harpers Weekly. 1869 illustration depicting event of some 70 years earlier.
Cotton Gin Patent. It shows sawtooth gin blades, which were not part of Whitney's original patent.
Cotton gin
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A 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 separated seed
Eli Whitney
…Eli Whitney Jr. (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney's invention made upland short…
Model of a 19th-century cotton gin on display at the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, Connecticut
Cotton before and after ginning.
A cotton boll. Each boll contains several dozen seeds.
An Indian woman ginning cotton c. 1815–20