click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary ... construct a full-size working machine, based on his original smaller ...

Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely a motor for a global economic machine. Slavery was its fuel. Many stakeholders ...

Pioneering NT cotton grower David Connolly from Tipperary Group said the value to Katherine region was up to $100m when ...