click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

With the gin (short for engine), raw cotton could be quickly cleaned; Suddenly cotton became a profitable crop, transforming the southern economy and changing the dynamics of slavery. The first ...

As cotton was pulled through Whitney's gin, the wire screen and small wire hooks were used to prevent jamming, while brushes removed loose lint. The United States was founded in 1794. The first cotton ...

If you went to elementary school in the United States, you no doubt learned about Eli Whitney’s cotton gin as an example of how the industrial revolution took previously manual processes and ...

The Northern Territory's first cotton gin has been officially opened today north of Katherine. The gin cost about $70 million to build and means NT growers will no longer have to transport their ...

“We jumped in and built another gin. Someone was going to [build it]. It was imminent.” Cotton is a fairly new crop in this part of the Panhandle. First built in 2006, the gin is now adding on ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A cotton gin in Dawson County marked a major milestone ... and it was right there on the first page.

To make the gin, the raw materials are first added to the still and macerated for one week. The mixture is then distilled for three hours, in a process that requires meticulous temperature control ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A cotton gin in Dawson County marked a major milestone this year ... And so, I went in, and the girl opened it up, and it was right there on the first page. It had all the ...