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Before 1769
Use of wood. -
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James Watt
James invented the steam engine - using coal. -
First steam engine train
Could be fueled using both wood or coal, however coals density is higher, while the mass and volume is lower. Which means that more wood is needed to do the same job as a quater of that in coal. -
Introduction to electricity
The idea of making electricity from moving a wire in a magnetic field came from Micheal Faraday. -
Ignacy Lukasiewicz
Ignacy invented a method of refining crude oil to make kerosene with a even higher density then coal. However this led to many oil spills due to the form of transport over the next century. -
Werner Siemens
Werner then invented the dynamo that developed the posibility of a wide use of electricity. -
Sir Charles Pearson
Sir Charles invented the steam turbin. Electricity became an easy way to transfer energy from one place to another.