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Beet. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. Two rows of harvested beets.
History of Scientists, Inventors, and Inventions Quiz
James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)
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