Which one is the correct reason as to why the Victorian industrialists were not interested in introducing machines in England?

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There was no lack of human labour in Victorian Britain

Human labour was not technology-friendly.

Hand-made products were expensive.

All the above

answer is A.

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The Victorian industrialists were not intrigued by the present machines in England. They favoured handwork over devices. There was no shortage of human work. Individuals had relocated to the urban areas en masse. The wages were likewise low. Then again, machines require tremendous capital investment. Some ventures, for example, gas works and distilleries, were particularly bustling through the chilly months. So they required more labourers to satisfy their peak needs. Book folios and printers, taking care of Christmas interest also, required extra-specialists before December. At the waterfront, winter was the time that boats were fixed and tidied up. Industrialists usually favoured hand work, employing labourers for the season in all such businesses where creation changed with the season. Machines could deliver uniform and standard merchandise; however, a few pieces of merchandise with multifaceted and explicit shapes could be made by hand, as it were.

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