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Who invented the steam engine that powered the early Industrial Revolution?
ARichard Arkwright
BEdmund Cartwright
CThomas Edison
DJames Watt
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. James Watt
1. The Use of Machines section notes various 18th-century machines.
2. It states: 'James Watt invented steam engine.'
3. Initially used to transport coal and iron ore out of mines.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII History, Ch 1 "Renaissance in Europe and Development of Science", §1.4 ¶5_
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