Why is Whitney So Important? Next on our list of Top Ten Patent Wars is not the one that most patent historians think of, the so-called “Sewing Machine” Wars of the 1850s-1860s, which is intriguing ...
click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied on ...
On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin solved ...
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that played a key role in ...
Cotton and the gin to 1600 -- The roller gin in the Americas, 1607-1790 -- The invention of the saw gin, 1790-1810 -- The transition from the roller to the saw gin, 1796-1830 -- The saw gin industry, ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Lee Ann Caldwell talked about the impact of the cotton engine on Georgia. Lee Ann Caldwell talked about the impact of the cotton engine on ...
PRATTVILLE, Ala. – There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that played a key role in the ...