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The Steam Engine That Changed Everything

For most of human history, power came from muscles — human or animal.Cities were small. Production was slow. And the world moved at the speed of walking.But in the 18th century, a single invention changed everything.An invention that turned steam into motion…And motion into the engine of civilizatio...

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