The Industrial Revolution
Machinery, factories, coal and canals reorganized production in Britain — then everywhere — moving work from home to mill and most people from field to town.
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The Industrial Revolution
Machinery, factories, coal and canals reorganized production in Britain — then everywhere — moving work from home to mill and most people from field to town.
Watt's separate condenser
James Watt's improvement cut the fuel hunger of the Newcomen engine; with Matthew Boulton he industrialized engine-making itself.