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Energy era before the industrial Revolution

In the early energy era before the industrial revolution which started approximately in the 18th century the human needs were moderated The main sources the civilization relied on sun for heating power of different animals for transportation and the wind for sails The labor of the human where it was not possible done by the human himself was done by the animals The machinery were simplistic and based on the force of wind and water As regarding the steam era the first ever made steam engine was dated somewhere far back in the ancient city of Alexandria and since then this type of engine was continuously developed being the most used engine for the 17th and 18th century The ones who contributed for the developing and increasing the steam engine until its top capacities for the first time were Thomas Newcomen and James Watt During the mid of 17th century they build an engine that worked using the coal extracted from the mines located in the England and Appalachia which at that moment could substitute the yield of a dozens of animals Since then these two scientist opened a many number of possibilities for the entire world 



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