Germany fell behind with its war reparations as they were so high and if wrong sorry
Answer:
The steam machine
Explanation:
James Watt, had no access to primary education, being educated initially by his parents, and at age 18, interested in studying and manufacturing instruments of measures, that's how he arrived in the steam machine. His name is, until today, honored by the international system of measures, in Watt measurement, which calculates the energy expended as a function of time.
He didn't trust them with his money and shut down the banking system