Practice mode Agronomy

Who invented the cotton gin?

Correct answer C. Eli Whitney

Explanation

Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin in 1794; its toothed cylinder pulled cotton fibres away from the seeds far faster than separating them by hand.

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