INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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steam.
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atomic power.
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electricity.
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gas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Until just over a century ago there was no way for electricity to be harnessed for practical use. It was in the late 1870s when America’s greatest inventor–Thomas Alva Edison–developed and built the first electricity generating plant in New York City.
Detailed explanation-2: -The discovery of electricity The Industrial Revolution kick-started our use of human-generated electricity. Most people credit Benjamin Franklin with ‘discovering’ electricity in 1752, which he did by realizing that the sparks emitted from lightning strikes could generate power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Invention of the first rudimentary dynamo is credited to Frenchman Hippolyte Pixii in 1832. Antonio Pacinotti improved it to provide continuous direct-current (DC) power by 1860.
Detailed explanation-4: -Motors, generators, telegraphs and telephones were the major examples. Any electric current produces a magnetic effect.