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  2. 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.

  3. Cotton gin - Wikipedia

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    A modern mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794. Whitney's gin used a combination of a wire screen and small wire hooks to pull the cotton through, while brushes continuously removed the loose cotton lint to prevent jams.

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  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. What is Irish soda bread? Here's the history behind this St ...

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    Mum's Traditional Irish Soda Bread. Courtesy of Gemma Stafford at Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking. Ingredients. 1 3/4 cups (265g/ 9oz) whole wheat flour (fine or coarsely ground) 1 3/4 cups (265g/9oz ...

  8. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The invention of the cotton gin by American Eli Whitney in 1792 was the decisive event. It allowed green-seeded cotton to become profitable, leading to the widespread growth of the large slave plantation in the United States, Brazil, and the West Indies. In 1791 American cotton production was about 2 million pounds, soaring to 35 million by ...

  9. Kevin Costner Shares His Promise to Whitney Houston ... - AOL

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    Over 20 years after Kevin Costner starred opposite Whitney Houston in the 1992 classic film, The Bodyguard, the 69-year-old is looking back on his relationship with the late singer and his ...