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  2. Cotton gin - Wikipedia

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    The Indian worm-gear roller gin was invented sometime around the 16th century [5] and has, according to Lakwete, remained virtually unchanged up to the present time. A modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794.

  3. Eli Whitney - Wikipedia

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    Eli Whitney Jr. (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.

  4. Robert S. Munger - Wikipedia

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    Robert Sylvester Munger (July 24, 1854 – April 20, 1923) and his wife Mary Collett Munger (1857–1924) invented the "system cotton gin". After that achievement, Munger started and ran some of the largest gin manufacturing companies in the United States.

  5. Mulberry Grove Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Mulberry Grove Plantation, located north of Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Savannah, was a rice plantation, notable as the location where Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. [2] Once a thriving plantation, comprising, in 1798, some

  6. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    The cotton gin uses a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through the screen, while brushes continuously remove the loose cotton lint to prevent jams. In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and later received a patent on March 14, 1794. [31]

  7. Eli Whitney Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Eli Whitney museum has exhibits on Whitney and his most famous invention, the cotton gin. Other exhibits cover the historic site and A. C. Gilbert , the inventor and toy maker best known for his invention of the erector set . [ 5 ]

  8. Slavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation

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    PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into The post Slavery’s ghost haunts cotton gin factory’s transformation ...

  9. Technological and industrial history of the United States

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    The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney, revolutionized slave-based agriculture in the Southern United States. The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the emergence of the United States as one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.