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What was James Watt's primary contribution to the Industrial Revolution?

  • Inventing the telephone

  • Creating the light bulb

  • Improving the steam engine

  • Developing the telegraph

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James Watt's primary contribution to the Industrial Revolution was improving the steam engine. His Watt steam engine, developed in 1776, was a significant improvement on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine. This advancement played a crucial role in the growth of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and around the world.
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