The cotton gin

Título
The cotton gin

Nancy. Robinson Masters

Resumen
Removing seeds from cotton was time-consuming and labor-intensive before the invention of the cotton gin. The gin made this work easier and faster and had a tremendous impact on Southern plantations and in the textile industry.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2006

Inventions that shaped the world

Descripción física
80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Nota general
Includes index.

Materia personal
Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825.

Término de la materia
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
 
Inventors.

Síntesis
Removing seeds from cotton was time-consuming and labor-intensive before the invention of the cotton gin. The gin made this work easier and faster and had a tremendous impact on Southern plantations and in the textile industry.

ISBN
9780531124062

Información de publicación
New York : Franklin Watts, 2006.


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