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The Industrial Revolution began in England in the later half of the 18th century. Many machines such as the air pump, printing press, spinning wheel and the plough were in use prior to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the machines began to replace men and animals in the production of goods and commodities soon after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

The new inventions not only proved effective but also developed so speedily that they changed the thinking and ways of living of the people all over the world. Hence it is aptly said that Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of the Machine Age.