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U Consider the case of the Steam Engine. James Watt improved the Steam Engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781. His industrialist friend Matthew Boulton manufactured the new model. But for years he could find no buyers. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were no more than 321 steam engines all over England. Of these, 80 were in cotton industries, nine in wool industries, and the rest in mining, canal works, and ironworks. Steam engines were not used in any of the other industries till much later in the century. So, even the most powerful new technology that enhanced the productivity of labor manifold was slow to be accepted by industrialists. Historians now have come to increasingly recognize that the typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century was not a machine operator but a traditional craftsperson and laborer.
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Question (i)
Who produced the steam engine?
Answer :
From the paragraph
James Watt improved the Steam Engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781. His industrialist friend Matthew Boulton manufactured the new model.
Newcomen produced the steam engine.
Question (ii)
Who manufactured the new model of steam engine?
Answer :
From the paragraph
James Watt improved the Steam Engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781. His industrialist friend Matthew Boulton manufactured the new model. But for years he could find no buyers. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were no more than 321 steam engines all over England.
Mathew Boulton manufactured the new model.
Question (iii)
How many steam engines were present in England at the beginning of the 19th century?
Answer :
From the paragraph:
His industrialist friend Matthew Boulton manufactured the new model. But for years he could find no buyers. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were no more than 321 steam engines all over England. Of these, 80 were in cotton industries, nine in wool industries and the rest in mining, canal works, and ironworks. Steam engines were not used in any of the other industries till much later in the century.
321 Steam engines were present in England at the beginning of the 19th century.
Question (iv)
How many cotton industries were using steam engines in England at the beginning of the 19th century?
Answer:
From the paragraph:
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were no more than 321 steam engines all over England. Of these, 80 were in cotton industries , nine in wool industries and the rest in mining, canal works, and ironworks. Steam engines were not used in any of the other industries till much later in the century.
80 Steam engines were used in cotton Industries.
