aug 5, 1780 - Eli Whitney's Cottin gin
Description:
Whitney invents a machine that can process cotton 50 times faster by hand. This will cause a cotton boom over the next 70 years."Cotton gin." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 Mar. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/cotton-gin/625479. Accessed 20 Jan. 2018.
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Date:
aug 5, 1780
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~ 245 years ago