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Life of Thomas Newcomen
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Life of Abraham Darby
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Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine
It was mainly used for pumping water in the mines -
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Life of J.Hargreaves
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Life of James Watt
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Life of Edmund Cartwright
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Life of Samuel Compton's
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James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny
It was a spinning machine that produced a lot of thread in a short time -
James Watt improved Newcomen's invention
The steam was then used to power other machines, locomotives and even ships! -
Improved spinning jenny by Samuel Compton's
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Invention of the "Power loom" by Edmund Cartwright
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Abraham Darby discovered a cheaper and easier way to produce cast iron
Coke-fueled's ovens in which coal is burned to produce "coke". -
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Life of Henry Bessemer
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Henry Bessemer developed a cheap way to produce a lot of steel from cast iron
