Statements (17)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:smartphone
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gptkbp:category |
gptkb:agricultural_machinery
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
key invention of the Industrial Revolution
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Eli Whitney's cotton gin
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gptkbp:impact |
increased cotton production efficiency
expanded slavery in the American South |
gptkbp:introducedIn |
1793
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gptkbp:inventedBy |
gptkb:Eli_Whitney
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gptkbp:locationOfInvention |
gptkb:Georgia,_United_States
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gptkbp:material |
cotton
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gptkbp:mechanismOfAction |
brushes to remove lint
wire teeth on a rotating cylinder |
gptkbp:patent |
X72
March 14, 1794 |
gptkbp:purpose |
separate cotton fibers from seeds
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:The_Cotton_Kingdom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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