Inventing the Cotton Gin
Title | Inventing the Cotton Gin PDF eBook |
Author | Angela Lakwete |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2005-09-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801882722 |
Lakwete shows how indentured British, and later enslaved Africans, built and used foot-powered models to process the cotton they grew for export. After Eli Whitney patented his wire-toothed gin, southern mechanics transformed it into the saw gin, offering stiff competition to northern manufacturers.
The Story of the Cotton Gin
Title | The Story of the Cotton Gin PDF eBook |
Author | Edward C. Bates |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Cotton gins and ginning |
ISBN |
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Title | Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Gunderson |
Publisher | Capstone |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780736878951 |
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, and the effects it had on the South"--Provided by publisher.
Story of the Cotton Gin
Title | Story of the Cotton Gin PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Craig Bates |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780243655762 |
The Cotton Gin: The History of Its Invention
Title | The Cotton Gin: The History of Its Invention PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Augustus Tompkins |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781015867864 |
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The Story of the Cotton Gin
Title | The Story of the Cotton Gin PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Craig Bates |
Publisher | |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Cotton gins and ginning |
ISBN |
Maker of Machines
Title | Maker of Machines PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Mitchell |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781575056036 |
Presents a biography of the inventor who created the cotton gin as well as a machine that could mass-produce muskets.