The industrial revolution (power and fuel)
By Kaleab Agegnehu
The industrial revolution has a great influence for the 21th century advanced power and fuel usage. During the revolution human and animal power had a change to a mechanised using of machinery activates. Before the revolution starts only three other power sources were available: wind, water and horse power. Where wind used as windmills, water used as water wheel and horse used as farming and transporting goods. And then another sources of powers such as coal and petroleum and charcoal became one of the influential sources of power during the revolution.
When the revolution starts fossil fuels seemed to be best energy source and deliver extraordinary wealth to huge numbers of people in Britain. Coal, petroleum
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The steam engine was used in many industrial settings, especially mining, where the first engines pumped water from deep workings. In 1775, James Watt formed an engine-building and engineering partnership with Matthew Boutons that initially became a structure for the innovation of steam engine. The development of the steam engine was an essential element of the Industrial Revolution but wind and water power as well as horse and man-power must be remembered.
At the time when the Industrial Revolution was at its height, factories played a huge impact.
Initially Richard Arkwright is the person who played a big role behind the growth of factories. , he created the first true factory at Cromford, England in 1769. Factories were run for profit. Any form of machine safety guard cost money and many children’s were discriminate by their factory owner because they were too small and don’t complain like an adults. Very few laws had been accepted by Parliament to protect the workers but many factory owners were the member of the parliament.
During the revolution demand of coal was increasing time by time from 1700 to