American inventions and inventors . A COTTON POD. CLOTHING—THE COTTIN GIN. 151. THE COTTON GIN. The seed was left behind, as it was too large to pass saws revolved smoothly and the cotton was thoroughlyseparated from the seed. But after a few minutes the sawsbecame clogged with the cotton and the wheels stopped. PoorWhitney was in despair. Victory was not yet his. Mrs. Greene came to the rescue. Her housewifely in-stincts saw the difficulty at once and the remedy as well. Heres what you want! she e x - claimed. She took a clothes brush hanging near by and held it firmly against the
American inventions and inventors . A COTTON POD. CLOTHING—THE COTTIN GIN. 151. THE COTTON GIN. The seed was left behind, as it was too large to pass saws revolved smoothly and the cotton was thoroughlyseparated from the seed. But after a few minutes the sawsbecame clogged with the cotton and the wheels stopped. PoorWhitney was in despair. Victory was not yet his. Mrs. Greene came to the rescue. Her housewifely in-stincts saw the difficulty at once and the remedy as well. Heres what you want! she e x - claimed. She took a clothes brush hanging near by and held it firmly against the teeth of the saws. The cylinder began again to revolve, for the saws were quickly cleaned of the lint, which no longer clogged the teeth. Madam, said the grateful AVhitney, you have perfected my invention. The inventor added a second, larger cylinder, near thefirst. On this he placed a set of stiff brushes. As the twocylinders revolved, the brushes freed the saw teeth from thecotton and left it in the receiving pan. Thus the cotton gin was invented by the Yankee schoolmas-t
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