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Persistence of Traditional Production Methods in the Early Industrial Era
Even as the Industrial Revolution introduced transformative technologies, traditional, craft-based production methods remained widely used as late as 1800. These established techniques, which were passed down through generations with minimal change, coexisted with new machinery during the initial phase of this new economic era.
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