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 ...

The cotton gin, patented by Eli Whitney in 1794, was used to quickly separate cotton fibers from seeds.

March 14 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin. In 1812, the U.S. government authorized the issue of America's first war bonds -- to pay for ...

A horse on the bottom level of the ginhouse powered a massive set of hand-carved wooden machinery that operated the Eli Whitney cotton gin above. The gin separated the cotton fibers from the seeds.

At an observation of the sesquicentennial of U.S. patent law ... who is going to originate a new thing. Teacher Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Charles Goodyear got his start with his ...

The machine of Eli Whitney† was the cotton gin. Slender teeth mounted on a revolving cylinder, like the pins on a Swiss music box, pulled cotton through a series of narrow slots. Cotton seed ...

(upbeat music) - The cotton gin is very similar to the mechanical pickers that you see today. They all the same as they did 50 years ago, they're just a lot faster. Eli Whitney was probably ...

Eli Whitney’s contract in the amount ... He incurred heavy debt in defending his patent claim and attempting to manufacture the cotton gin—it proved a nightmare. He turned to gun manufacturing ...