On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...
The gin made cotton profitable which was a boon to the ... although he did make some and became famous for his labor-saving invention. He would go on to pioneer the use of interchangeable parts ...
In 1811, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin for separating cotton fibers from seeds. This device was built in 1793 and helped cotton become a profitable export crop in the southern United States, as ...
Tliis invention (by Benjamin Jackman, of Louisville, Ky.) relates to a machine designed to be attached to or connected with the flue of a cotton gin for the purpose of cleansing the cotton ...
U.S. inventors gave the world the cotton gin, the telegraph, the phonograph, the movie camera, the light bulb, the artificial ...
The cooperative of farmers and textile producers wants to jump-start flax production to provide more linen clothing as an ...
Suntory-owned Sipsmith Gin went back to basics with a recreation of what it claims to be the first recorded gin recipe.
On a modern agritourism farm framed by traditional fields of cotton and corn, the seven Future Farmers of America chapters in ...
SEBASTIAN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A fire broke out near a cotton gin in Sebastian, authorities say. The blast is believed to ...
On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...