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Steam power

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Revision and answer preparation

Revision tip

To help you revise this section, use the list of six effects of the steam engine to make an allegorical drawing of the effects of the steam engine.

Answer preparation

As part of your revision, think about the arguments and facts you would use to explain:

  1. What Newcomen, Watt and Boulton contributed to the development of the steam engine.
  2. How the steam engine affected Britain.

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