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Who invented the piston-driven steam engines that powered all kinds of machines in the Industrial Revolution?

a. Edmund Cartwright
b. James Hargreaves
c. James Watt
d. Richard Arkwright

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User Vlada
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Answer:

it was James watt

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User Eric Marceau
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It was "James Watt" who invented the piston-driven steam engines that powered all kinds of machines in the Industrial Revolution, since this greatly increased production rates and efficiency. 
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