This machine was invented in 1793 to speed up the removal of seeds from a certain raw fiber
[DOC] [TLE] Cotton Gin and Eli Whitney - Inventions - HISTORY.com [PAR] In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a 
machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the 
process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.