Among the new inventions developed to weave cotton textiles was (were)
a. the steam engine.
b. the spinning jenny and the water frame.
c. the power loom and the thread "genie."
d. the fulling press and the iron "foot."
e. the rotary weaving engine.
ANSWER:
b
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