when was the cotton gin invented
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney (1765â1825). Whitney applied for a patent on October 28, 1793; the patent was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807.Whitney's patent was assigned patent number 72X. cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The fibers are processed into clothing or other cotton goods, and any undamaged cotton was used for clothes.