Complex sentence: As scientific inventions, like the conveyor belt and the steam locomotive entered and enhanced the lifestyle of Victorians, scientific inventions began to be widely funded by universities or other public institutions in an effort to maximize scientific discoveries.
Split into simpler sentences: As scientific inventions, like the conveyor belt and the steam locomotive entered and altered the lifestyle of Victorians. And, as a result, scientific inventions began to be widely funded by the state, universities or other public institutes in an effort to maximize scientific discoveries.