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The Greatest Inventions In The Industrial Revolution

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I think the Steam Engine, created by James Watt was indeed the greatest invention in the industrial revolution. Throughout the Industrial Revolution, everything was changing and growing. Factories, which are large buildings to keep and run machines in an industry became a thing and coal mining took a lift. As early as 1705, coal miners were using steam powered pumps to remove water from deep mine shafts. But, unfortunately it was making things extremely expensive to run. James Watt thought about this problem and in 1765 he came up with a new development called the steam engine to make things run more smoothly and while burning less fuel causing less money. Along with James Watt came an entrepreneur, a person who organizes, manages, and

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