The cotton gin

Titre
The cotton gin

Nancy. Robinson Masters

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2006

Inventions that shaped the world

Description matérielle
80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Note générale
Includes index.

Vedette-matière - nom de personne
Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825.

Terme de vedette-matière
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
 
Inventors.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780531124062

Informations de publication
New York : Franklin Watts, 2006.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Lansdowne677 MASBook30180000013494Non-Fiction