Agricultural Invention: compound bow‚ riding saddle‚ and the cotton gin Agriculture has many things to do with inventions. Now you might think that inventions only consist of science and technology. Even though this is true‚ science and technology are involved in agriculture too‚ but the invention themselves is related to agriculture by its purpose or how it is used and by whom. For example‚ the compound bow. It is used for hunting and to bring in a “harvest” of game for food. That is agriculture
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Cotton Fibers Name: Maya Abou Ajram Subject: Design Material 2 Year: Fall 2014-2015 Introduction Cotton is a soft staple fiber that grown in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant‚ a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions. Cotton fibers are mainly made up of cellulose. Under natural conditions‚ the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersion of the seeds. The cotton fibers are attached to the seeds inside the boll of the plant. There are usually six or seven seeds
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principles of two gin brands January 2006 Contents: Executive summary p.3 Introduction p.6 Hendrick’s gin p.6 Martin Miller’s gin p.7 Situation Analysis p.8 Sociocultural p.8 Technological p.9 Economic and competitive p.9 Political and legal p.10 Competitor analysis p.10 Gordon’s gin p.12 Bombay Sapphire p.13 Plymouth Gin p.13 Tanqueray Gin p.14 Blackwoods Gin p.14 Market
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Cotton and how it has shaped the course of history Cotton is a plant that has been used by humans for many years. Thanks to researchers and scientists‚ we now know that use of cotton dates back to at least seven thousand years according to the shreds of cloth found and written references to cotton. The oldest discovery of cotton was made in a Mexican caves. Cotton was first referred to in a Hindu book called the Rig-Veda. Therefore‚ it is believed that cotton was first used in India but people
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Cotton Farming * Cotton is grown all over the world but the biggest cotton-growing nations are China‚ India‚ the United States‚ Brazil and Pakistan. After the flowers of the cotton plant have blossomed they fall off and a round green seed pod called a cotton boll remains. The cotton boll ripens in the sun and its cellulose fibers expand until they ripen and burst out of the boll. At this point the cotton plant is ready to be harvested. Cotton Harvesting * Although cotton used to be picked
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In the state of Georgia‚ Eli Whitney created the cotton gin in 1793. The cotton gin had positive and negative effects in the United States during the Industrial Revolution. The cotton gin changed the way cotton was processed and greatly affected the slave states. In the south‚ the cotton gin had positive and negative effects on the production of cotton. The cotton gin made processing cotton easier‚ faster‚ and more efficient. However‚ it also increased slavery and almost tore out nation apart
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In the 1850s‚ Southern America produced approximately seventy percent of the world’s cotton. However‚ this production would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the invention of the Cotton Gin. Since he was little‚ Eli Whitney‚ developed a passion towards being an inventor. He frequently worked in his father’s workshop and there he would take things apart and would put them back together. At the age of 24‚ he enrolled in college in order to become a lawyer. It was not long after when he found
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COTTON CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.. .. .. .. .. .. .. … … … … … … … … … … … 1-3 Origin History COTTON-CULTIVATION… … … … … … … … …. … … ……4-6 Hardiness Propagation Cultivation Processing TYPES OF COTTON… … … … … … … … … … …
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England a general rise in the sale of Gin was occurring. Gin was becoming more and more popular. Some English citizens approved and supported the sale of Gin while others did not. Some English people just wanted to stay neutral and produce a compromise between the two. Various reasons and purposes account for the difference in opinions but the Gin Act of 1751 formulated debate from all groups in society. Some citizens approved and supported the sale of Gin in England. England at that time had already
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When a traumatic event happens‚ a multitude of people are affected. In Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption written by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton‚ the story of Thompson’s rape and Cotton’s conviction is unraveled through the perspective of both authors. The emotions that both Thompson and Cotton endure in the aftermath of the rape are shown with the alternation of speaker. With the change in speaker in each part of the book‚ the read gets to see the most significant
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