Excerpt from The Cotton Gin, the History of Its Invention: Exhibiting Copies of Original Patent Specifications and Drawings, With Synopsis of Testimony in the Twenty-Seven Law Suits Relating to Infringements in Georgia, 1796 to 1805 Quite a number of legends about the invention of the gin have no foundation whatever in fact. For example, the pleasant little story about the gin brush being suggested by the lady with her turkey tail fan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.