INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Question
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remove the leaves and stems from the cotton.
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separate the seeds from the cotton faster than by hand.
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convert cotton to alcohol.
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plow straight rows for cotton to be planted.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America’s leading export.
Detailed explanation-2: -The gin improved the separation of the seeds and fibers but the cotton still needed to be picked by hand. The demand for cotton roughly doubled each decade following Whitney’s invention. So cotton became a very profitable crop that also demanded a growing slave-labor force to harvest it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The gin stand uses the teeth of rotating saws to pull the cotton through a series of “ginning ribs", which pull the fibers from the seeds which are too large to pass through the ribs. The cleaned seed is then removed from the gin via an auger conveyor system.
Detailed explanation-4: -The cotton gin is a device for removing the seeds from cotton fiber. Such machines had been around for centuries when Eli Whitney made his improvements in 1794.