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cotton gin: Quick Facts

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Cotton gin
The First Cotton Gin
Replica of Eli Whitney's 1793 cotton gin, featuring a wooden frame and visible rotating cylinders with a hand crank mechanism.
Eli Whitney: cotton gin sketch
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Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney
American inventor and manufacturer

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