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It made traveling the open waters easier for ships covering large distances.

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The steam engine was important because it was the first engine ever created, could do work faster than a human, didn't need rest and could make almost anything needing motor-power run.

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Rotary is preferable to recipricating (piston / crank), take the power of steam and blend into windmill = steam turbine.

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