The industrial revolution in England and Western Europe more than two centuries ago was triggered by some key scientific and technological advances. What were these advances?

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More than two centuries ago, England and Western Europe started using machine that led to the industrial revolution
Some of the important inventions were
1 .Steam engine
2 .Electricity
3 .Theory of gravitation
4. Explosives
5. Cotton Jenny
6. Power Loom
7. Blast Furnace
Steam engines helped them in the field of heat and thermodynamics, theory of gravitation in field of motion and making guns and cannons. These progresses brought about industrial revolution in England and Western Europe.

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