Cotton Gin, 19th Century

Harper's Weekly engraving from 1869 showing Eli Whitney's (1765-1825) cotton gin in operation. The idea of interchangeable parts, made by such power-driven tools as this drill press, was not original with Whitney. In 1785 Jefferson visited a French inventor who was working on that principle; but Whitney was the first to translate a theory into a production system. In the South, the cotton gin revolutionized the way cotton was harvested and reinvigorated slavery.

1869 • AFRICANO-AMERICANOS • ALGODON • AMERICA • AMERICANO • ARTE • COLOR • COLOREADA • COTTON GIN (DESMONTADORA DE ALGODÓN) • DIBUJO • ELI WHITNEY • ESCLAVA • ESCLAVISMO • ESCLAVITUD • ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA • ESTADOS UNIDOS • GENTE • GRABADO • HERRAMIENTA • HISTORIA • HISTORICO • HOMBRE • HOMBRES • ILUSTRACION • IMPRESION • INDUSTRIA • INDUSTRIAL • INDUSTRIAS • INVENCION • MASCULINO • MEJORA • MEJORAR • MUJER • MUJERES • OBRA DE ARTE • PERSONA • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • SIGLO XIX • TECNOLOGÍA • TRABAJANDO