The gin — short for engine — had tiny hooks that would pull cotton fibers or lint through a mesh. The seeds couldn’t make it through. By changing the machine from one that removes seeds to ...

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 ...

A cotton ginner is an individual or entity that operates a cotton gin, a machine that separates cotton fibres from their seeds and other impurities. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's ...

Bangladesh looks to import more cotton from the US so that both American suppliers and local businesses can benefit and the country can get immunity from Trump’s tariff war, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid ...

During most of Bailey’s high school years, the family operation consisted of 1,000 cotton acres (and 1,000 corn acres)—harvest-dependent on trailer transportation to a local gin.