Watt steam engine

Period

1776

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The Watt steam engine was an invention of James Watt that was a driving force of the Industrial Revolution. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, it was "the first truly efficient steam engine".

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1. 1642–1651English Civil War
2. 1687Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
3. 1688–1689Glorious Revolution
4. 1776Watt steam engineThis page
5. 1776Watt steam engine
6. 1796Jenner's smallpox vaccine
7. 1815Battle of Waterloo

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