Whitney's cotton gin,historical image. In 1793 Eli Whitney (1765-1825) invented the cotton gin ('gin' being short for 'engine'),a device which stripped cotton fibre from the plant's seeds. The gin was a huge success,increasing a worker's output by fifty times,and was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution. Photographed circa 1909-1920 | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Library of Congress |
Bildgröße: | 3611 px × 5089 px |
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