Medical Definition of attitude. 1  1: the arrangement of the parts of the body : posture. 2  2a: a mental position with regard to a fact or stateb: a feeling or emotion toward a fact or state. 3  3: an organismic state of readiness to respond in a characteristic way to a stimulus (as an object, concept, or situation)
Spinning mills were introduced to the United States in 1790 by English-born mechinist and businessman Samuel Slater (1768â1835). The twenty-one year old had worked as a textile laborer for more than six years in an English mill, where he learned about the workings of a cotton-spinning machine invented (1783) by Richard Arkwright (1732â92).
Answer Wiki. Yes, as the others have pointed out, Eli Whitney invented the saw gin, which is how most cotton is processed. There is another type of gin, the roller gin, which is used for extra long-staple cotton like Pima or Egyptian. It is much slower, but is also much easier on the fiber.