单选题
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply ... all these were important
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in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.
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they were not enough. Something
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was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men -
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individuals who could invent machines, find new
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of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who
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the machines of the Industrial Revolution
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from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were
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inventors than scientists. A man who is a
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scientist is primarily interested in doing his research
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. He is not necessarily working
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that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is
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trying to make something that has a concrete
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. He may try to solve a problem by using the theories
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science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a
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result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of
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other objectives.
Most of the people who
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the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had
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or no training in science might not have made their inventions
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a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years
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.