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The most powerful idea in the world : a story of steam, industry and invention
States that the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution was invention itself. This book offers an account of how inventors first came to own and profit from their ideas-and how invention itself springs forth from logic and imagination. It describes the experiments and accomplishments that led to this revolution.
James Watt's Cabinet Steam Engine, c. 1935
one photo of James Watt's cabinet steam engine, c. 1935
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The Steam Engine
The steam engine was originally designed to drain water out of mines, but its eventual use for things such as the locomotive had a revolutionary impact on industry. The technology that led up to the invention of the steam engine is outlined.
Journal Article
Steam's Evolving Engine
\"History books tend to connect just one person's name with the invention of a remarkable new machine or the discovery of a new technology. But, the reality behind new ideas usually presents a different, and more complicated, picture. A good example of this is the steamboat, whose final rendition in the 1800s actually was the result of centuries of hard work by a number of inventors.\" (Cobblestone) Learn about the evolution of the steam engine which lead to the invention of the steamboat.
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Inventing a Revolution
\"The Industrial Revolution was a revolution of inventions. People once used tools to help them do one certain thing. But then people began inventing machines that did the work of many people at once. Here are some of the most important.\" (Appleseeds) Read more about inventions during the Industrial Revolution.
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Steam Powers Innovation
\"It was May of 1765, and a Scottish engineer named James Watt was thinking long and hard about a problem...Watt continued to make adjustments to his design, but it was not until 1776 that two full-scale steam engines were manufactured. The age of steam had begun.\" (Calliope) Read more about the development of steam power.
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Neither the elite, nor the mass. The rise of intermediate human capital during the French industrialization process
This paper investigates the development of intermediate human capital in nineteenth-century France. We perform panel and cross-sectional regression analyses to compare the effect of technological change on basic versus intermediate human capital accumulation. Our contribution reveals that a shift in the kind of skills required occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century. We show that steam technology adoption was conducive to the accumulation of intermediate human capital in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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