... services. During this age, the inventor began to be replaced by practical applications of scientific research to engineering, production, transprotation and communication. The "takeoff" of technology: each discovery opened up a new runway down which industries could travel, and new technologies were continually building feeder paths from one runway to another. The industrial takeoff, connecting industries to ... abundantly and cheaply causing a boom in railroads and construction industries. Strong steel machinery allowed a wider application of steam power in these industries, as well as...

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