GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1769, James Watt built a good steam engine. The steam engines were being used to run machines in factories instead of water power. Now factories could be built farther away from water sources. A steam engine could be built to be used anywhere.

Detailed explanation-2: -Steam engines were used in all sorts of applications including factories, mines, locomotives, and steamboats. How does the steam engine work? Steam engines use hot steam from boiling water to drive a piston (or pistons) back and forth. The movement of the piston was then used to power a machine or turn a wheel.

Detailed explanation-3: -The steam engine turned the wheels of mechanized factory production. Its emergence freed manufacturers from the need to locate their factories on or near sources of water power.

Detailed explanation-4: -Before the steam engine, machines had to rely on water power; this meant that they could only be built in towns near water. As a result of the steam engine’s invention, factories could now be built all over the country.