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What is a cotton engine?

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Who invented the cotton engine?

The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney.


What is the machine that remove seed from cotton?

cotton gin


What did Eli witney invent?

Eli witney has invented the cotton engine or you can say cotton gin.


Why is the engine related to catapult technology?

Originally the word engine simply meant machine, but this usage has declined somewhat as modern usage has tended to use it only to refer to motors.Another example of that usage is in cotton gin, where gin is a shortening of engine. Thus this is actually cotton engine or cotton machine.So a catapult is referred to as a siege engine or siege machine.


Why is the term engine related to catapult technology?

Originally the word engine simply meant machine, but this usage has declined somewhat as modern usage has tended to use it only to refer to motors.Another example of that usage is in cotton gin, where gin is a shortening of engine. Thus this is actually cotton engine or cotton machine.So a catapult is referred to as a siege engine or siege machine.


Where is the cotton gin?

I think it is in Burton, Texas. It is a 16 ton, internal combustion engine cotton gin.


Where is the biggest cotton gin?

Burton Cotton Gin in Texas, I believe.


What date did the cotton boom start?

The cotton boom started in 1840 because the invention of the cotton gin (short for engine) made cotton production easier. By 1860, the US was producing more than half of the world's cotton.


What does gin mean in cotton gin?

Eli Whitney invented a machine called the cotton gin that separated the seeds from the raw cotton at a fast rate.


What invention was entirely dependent on the invention of the steam engine?

the cotton gin


What is the name of the machine that was used to pick cotton during the civil war?

During the Civil War, there WAS no machinery to pick cotton- it was picked by hand. The machine that was used to separate the cotton fiber from the seeds was the Cotton Gin (as in engine).


What was a cotton gin and why did it change the economy and lives of people living in the south?

It is a machine (gin comes from engine) that quickly removes the seeds from raw cotton. It made cotton cheap to produce.