How has the Cotton Gin changed over time? What replaced it?
Cotton is a commercial crop of great value in the world today. The ginning of cotton is the first part of the industrial process of producing cotton cloth, a commodity that is much demand. By inventing the cotton gin (machine that separates cotton seeds from its fibre).
The American inventor Eli Whitney brought about a revolution to what was otherwise a tedious manual job. Before Whitney, there is evidence of simple single roller cotton gins used as early as about the 5th century in India. The Mughal eroo too improved on the ancient cotto gin by adding mechanical improvements such as a worm gear and crank handle. But Eli Whitney and his patent of a mechanical mill he invented changed the industry and the social dynamic of cotton cultivation and processing across the globe.
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