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During the Industrial Revolution, raw physical power increased drastically, but many other factors also helped explain accelerated growth and technological change.

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“Industrial revolution a horsepower explosion like sure during the industrial revolution We saw this drastic acceleration in raw physical power But there are many other things that were maybe equally important in explaining the acceleration of growth and technological change that we saw during the industrial revolution So”
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