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Mention the two technological innovations which revolutionised cotton production. 
Asked by Topperlearning User | 28 Apr, 2016, 09:09: AM
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Two technological innovations which revolutionised cotton production:

  1. Invention of Spinning Jenny by John Kaye in 1764
  2. Invention of the steam engine by Richard Arkwright in 1786
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