Scottish engineer James Watt Steam invented in 1764 the steam machine. It is the steam power that launches the industrial revolution.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/faceme/25799825354/">Stoommachine ca 1800</a>