The Hutchinson News reports that the southern Kansas cotton gin formerly known as High Plains Cotton could see its second biggest ginning year. Its first was in 2007, when it ginned 24,000 bales.

The gin made cotton profitable which was a boon to the ... He would go on to pioneer the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing, but that’s an entirely different story.

The invention of the cotton engine (also known as the cotton gin) by Eli Whitney is perhaps ... are about to revolutionize the use of cotton for load-bearing, ballistic and abrasion-resistance ...

On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...