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Technology evidence was spotted early in Buddhist artworks from India -
Roller gins held by hand started to make an appearance in China and India. -
A new roller from India called the Churka was introduced to Georgia -
Improvements to the cotton gin were made early in the US by Mr. Krebs and Joseph Eve -
Eli Whitney designed a mechanical cotton gin for short staple cotton to be processed -
Eli patented his cotton gin invention, but received outstanding patent infringement -
Cotton gins and other innovations began to spur cotton production, making it double each decade -
Whitney's patent rights were bought from South Carolina; they attempted to renew the patents but were unsuccessful -
The first cotton gin factories began to appear -
At this time, cotton gins were mostly just being sold to farmers for their plantations -
Robert Munger invented "system ginning" to be able to process continuously -
Many newly released African Americans became sharecroppers and worked in the cotton fields -
Modern cotton gins continue to be used, while mechanical cotton pickers are becoming popular