Eli Whitney (1765-1825) made many great inventions including Milling, Interchangeable Parts and most famous the Cotton Gin. All of the inventions where very helpful during the industrial revolution, but the most helpful of all was the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin was a machine that separated the seeds from the cotton by placing cotton bolls on top of the machine, turning the cotton through the teeth which pulled out the seeds and then they fell out of the machine. In the industrial revolution the Cotton Gin helped remove the seeds out of cotton quickly and efficiently, than it used to. Cotton was easy to grow, and lasted long, but the seeds were very hard to and a farmer could remove the seeds of only one pound of cotton, with the production
