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 ...

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 military equipment for use against the British.

A small plaque now sits in front of a classic white farmhouse in a quiet residential neighborhood on Eli ... gin was officially created, which made harvesting cotton easier and much faster ...

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.

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 ...

Regarding intellectual property activity, China had 1,024,928 more patent applications than ... of the telephone and basketball. Cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney turned the concept of ...