The invention of the cotton gin in the late 18th century revolutionized agriculture, economics, and society in ways that ...

Eli Whitney has planted the seed of the American cotton industry's industrial revolution by engineering the cotton gin! Which would revolutionize cotton production and create less of a need for ...

When most people hear the name Eli Whitney, they think of the cotton gin. This machine was patented in 1794 and is basically a mechanical cotton sorting machine. The gin itself is actually short ...

At this time, Eli Whitney was already well known for his invention of the cotton gin and played off of this to win a contract for 10,000 muskets from the government. By 1801, Whitney hadn’t ...

The historic Daniel Pratt cotton gin and property in downtown Prattville is set to be auctioned off at the Autauga County Courthouse Dec. 29 according to a legal advertisement in Saturday's ...