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The steam engine is invented.
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James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny.
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James Watt from Scotland designs a more efficient steam engine. steam engines power the first trains, steamboats, and factories.
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Eli Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber.
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