Eli Whitney essays
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1793 in Georgia and American inventor Eli Whitney constructed a machine that would change many lives and cotton production. The cotton gin is a machine that quickly and efficiently separates the seeds from the cotton using wire screens, small wire hooks and brushes. It worked almost like a sieve, seeds would be dropped into a cylinder made out of wood...
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John Keynes once said, “Ideas shape the course of history”. It was the conservation of these ideas that molded the very patent system in place today. To understand the effect that patents have on America one must first understand the origin. According to the United States Patent Office, the first patent in America was issued for the use of potash...
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In 1793 an American inventor, Eli Whitney, a man also looked up to as the pioneer in American manufacturing brought to existence the cotton engine. His invention was patented in 1794 (Wright,1975). The cotton gin is generally an engine that makes it easy to separate cotton seeds from the fiber. From the invention cotton became American leading export commodity in...
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