Steam
Electricity
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Anyone who has a good idea for an invention isn't going to give it away on the internet! You're going to have to look around and see what needs to be improved and invent something to improve it.
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Interpass temperature is the maximum temperature a weldment should be allowed to reach between weld passes. If a pass is completed and the temperature is in excess of the interpass, it should be allowed to cool before continuing.
Invention of the steam engine allowed manufacturers to build their factories away from rivers.
The invention of steam engines to drive factory machinery allowed manufacturers to build factories away from running water.
Electricity
Steam energy allowed factories to move away from rivers.
Coal, to make steam.
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Irrigation allowed farms to be further away from rivers. Irrigation is an artificial way to bring water to the land or soil.
An aqueduct. Though, I have a problem calling it a Roman invention. Aztecs also had very sophisticated aqueducts in Tenochitlan.
The transistor was the invention that allowed electronics to move away from the use of vacuum tubes (also called valves).
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It allowed us to communicate with other people who were further away. Creating an important new industry all because a single invention.
It allowed people to move away from natural water sources such as rivers and lakes. They were able to provide water for drinking and for crops in places where there were no natural water sources.