jan 1, 1765 - James Watt
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The most crucial technological breakthrough of the early industrial era was the development of a general-purpose steam engine in 1765 by an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, Steam engines burned coal to boil water and create steam. By 1800 more than a thousand of Watt's steam engines were in the British IslesAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1765
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~ 261 years ago