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cotton gin

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cotton gin machine for separating cotton fibers from the seeds. The charkha, used in India from antiquity, consists of two revolving wooden rollers through which the fibers are drawn, leaving the seeds. A similar gin was early used in the S United States for long-staple cotton. In the modern roller gin, rollers covered with rough leather draw out the fibers, which are cut off by a fixed knife pressed against the rollers. This type of gin cleans only about two bales per day, but it does not snarl or break the fibers. The saw gin, invented by the American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented... Read more
gin
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English gin 1 / jin / • n ... juniper berries. 2. (also gin rummy ) a two-handed ... adds up to ten or less. gin 2 • n. 1. a machine for separating cotton from its seeds. 2. a ... heavy weights. 3. (also gin trap ) a snare for catching ... ning ) [ tr. ] 1. treat (cotton) in a gin ... . Read more
Cotton Kingdom
American Eras Cotton Kingdom Whitney ’ s Gin In 1792 Catherine Greene ... cranked machine called a gin (short for engine )that utilized ... mounted teeth to separate cotton seeds from their bolls. Whitney ... Before the invention of the cotton gin the institution of slavery ... Read more

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