Question: did the steam engine lead to other inventions

title: Steam power during the Industrial Revolution
text: In 1775 Watt formed an engine - building and engineering partnership with manufacturer Matthew Boulton . The partnership of Boulton & Watt became one of the most important businesses of the Industrial Revolution and served as a kind of creative technical centre for much of the British economy . The partners solved technical problems and spread the solutions to other companies . Similar firms did the same thing in other industries and were especially important in the machine tool industry . These interactions between companies were important because they reduced the amount of research time and expense that each business had to spend working with its own resources . The technological advances of the Industrial Revolution happened more quickly because firms often shared information , which they then could use to create new techniques or products . 

Answer: answer: In 1775 Watt founded an engine - building and engineering partnership with manufacturer Matthew Boulton .   The partners solved technical problems and distributed the solutions to other companies . Therefore, the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution happened more quickly because firms often shared information , which they then could use to create new techniques or products .