To separate seeds from cotton :)
Your textbook should be discussing the Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney while discussing the progression of using raw cotton. The seeds were picked from the cotton until the gin and other tools were created to separate the seeds and cotton for them.
It's a machine invented by Eli Whitney to separate cotton fibers from their seeds.
The cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber. Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, it was an important invention because it dramatically reduced the amount of time it took to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber.
cotton gin
Before the cotton gin the cotton seeds had to be hand picked out of the tight knit bolls. This took a long time and was labor intensive. Cotton can't be processed with the seeds still in the bolls. The cotton gin removes the seeds by having brush type rollers tear apart the cotton boll and the seeds fall to the bottom. The seeds are used for the next crop of cotton and the gin meant that much more cotton could be planted which led to the need for a larger population of slaves.
The Cotton G in was an invention created by Eli Whitney. He created the Cotton Gin in 1793. This invention was a quicker alternative to picking seed out of cotton by hand. The machine had spiked teeth on a boxed revolving cylinder to pick the seeds.
After the cotton is picked it is sent to a gin. The gin removes the seeds and the cotton is cleaned and bailed for shipment.
The cotton gin (shortened form of engine) is used to separate cotton fibers from seeds. It is a wire screen with wire hooks that pull the cotton through the screen. The seeds, if not damaged can be used again to grow more cotton. This gin method can be traced to the 1st Century, evidence can be found in Asia, Africa and North America. The modern Gin was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793. The Cotton gin could also clean up to 50 pounds of cotton a day.
First, the cotton balls were put into the top of the machine. Next, you turn the handle, which turns the cotton through the wire teeth that combs out the seeds. Then the cotton is pulled out of the wire teeth and out of the cotton gin.
It was called the cotton gin because it separated seeds from the cotton, so that is how the invention got is name.
The cotton gin does not pick the cotton. It separates the cotton fiber from the seeds and other debris