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A unique combination of factors present in England was responsible for the occurrence of the Industrial Revolution. The Scientific Revolution was one of them, although its role is often underestimated. The expertise of the clockmakers was another one. The first wave of Industrial Revolution was followed by other waves that would change the world beyond recognition.
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Koetsier, T. (2019). The First Wave of Industrial Revolution: Cotton Textiles and Pig Iron. In: The Ascent of GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96547-5_8
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