Assessing Contributions to Technological Advancement
Some historians argue that groundbreaking inventions were the single most important driver of the technological boom in 18th-century Britain. Others contend that without a large population of skilled artisans and engineers capable of building, maintaining, and improving the new machinery, these inventions would have remained mere concepts. Evaluate the relative importance of an inventor's conceptual design versus the practical skills of a machine maker in enabling the widespread adoption of new technologies during this period. Justify your position with a clear argument.
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