Eli Whitney's cotton gin

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:smartphone
gptkbp:category gptkb:agricultural_machinery
gptkbp:historicalSignificance key invention of the Industrial Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eli Whitney's cotton gin
gptkbp:impact increased cotton production efficiency
expanded slavery in the American South
gptkbp:introducedIn 1793
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Eli_Whitney
gptkbp:locationOfInvention gptkb:Georgia,_United_States
gptkbp:material cotton
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
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Cotton_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5