The gin — short for engine — had tiny hooks that would pull cotton fibers or lint through a mesh. The seeds couldn’t make it through. By changing the machine from one that removes seeds to ...

After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary ... construct a full-size working machine, based on his original smaller ...

The Hutchinson News reports that the southern Kansas cotton gin formerly known as High Plains Cotton could see its second biggest ginning year. Its first was in 2007, when it ginned 24,000 bales.

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 ...

"They were complaining about how long it took, and he thought, 'I can make a machine, a gin, to fix this.'" In 1794, the cotton gin was officially created, which made harvesting cotton easier and ...