The Development of the Steam Engine Decisively Transformed the Nineteenth-Century

question 30

Multiple Choice

The development of the steam engine decisively transformed the nineteenth-century world; the _________ was one of its many applications.

• A) mining pump
• B) railroad locomotive
• C) factory loom
• D) automobile
• E) electrical generator

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