Fascinating facts about Eli
Whitney
inventor of Cotton Gin
in 1793. |
Eli Whitney |
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AT A GLANCE:
Eli Whitney
having newly graduated from Yale University headed to Georgia to make his
fortune. By April, 1793 Whitney had invented the cotton gin. After the
invention of the cotton gin, the yield of raw cotton doubled each decade
after 1800. Demand was fueled by other inventions of the Industrial
Revolution, such as the machines to spin and weave it and the steamboat to
transport it. By midcentury America was growing three-quarters of the
world's supply of cotton, most of it shipped to England or New England where
it was manufactured into cloth.
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Inventor: |
Eli Whitney
(born Elias Whitney) |
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Criteria: |
First to
invent. First to patent. First practical. Entrepreneur. |
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Birth: |
December 8,
1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts |
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Death: |
January 8,
1825 in New Haven, Connecticut) |
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Nationality: |
American
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Invention: |
Cotton Gin
in 1793 |
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Function: |
noun / cotton gin |
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Definition: |
The cotton gin is a
mechanical device which removes the seeds, seed hulls, and other
small objects from the fibers of cotton, a process which until that
time had been very labor-intensive. |
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Patent: |
X72 (US) issued March
14, 1794 |
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TO
LEARN MORE
RELATED INFORMATION:
Invention of the Cotton Gin
from The Great Idea Finder
Agricultural
History from The Great Idea Finder
Historic Patents 1790 - 1836 from The Great Idea Finder
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