The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher
But a more recent innovation was causing an even bigger stir: the Garis-Cochran Dishwashing Machine, the only device in the ...
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Eli Whitney's cotton gin
click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...
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Turning A Problem Around: The Whitney Cotton Gin
If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example ... famous for his labor-saving invention. He would go on to pioneer ...
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The Cotton Economy and Slavery
Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely a motor for a global economic machine. Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders ...