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How to Build a Model of a Cotton Gin Eli Whitney, Cotton Gin, Antebellum South, World History Lessons, Cotton Boll, Celebrity Design, Industrial Revolution, Declaration Of Independence, National Park Service

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. The machine could clean the seeds from 50 pounds of raw cotton a day, making cotton profitable. Cotton bolls were put in the top of the machine. Users turned a crank, which turned a wheel and sent the cotton through wire teeth, which removed the seeds. Build a model of ...

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Eli Whitney Cotton Gin, Eli Whitney, Cotton Gin, Baby Sitting, Cotton Boll, Neo Victorian, Classical Conversations, Alternate History, Industrial Revolution

When Eli Whitney left New England and headed South in 1792, he had no idea that he would invent a machine that would change the history of America. After the invention of cotton gin the production of raw cotton doubled every decade and the demand was increasing by the other inventions of the industrial revolution...

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