01:510:102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Power Dynamos F.C., Crimean War, Sergei Witte
7 Nov 2017
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Modernity and everyday life in the late 19th century. !1: electri cation which used different kinds of energies (coal, hydro) to power dynamos, chemical and petrol starting with chemical dyes (1850s) and petrol re ning by. Rest of europe: france lost industrialized alsace and lorraine to germany in 1870. Germany in industrial and economic growth: southern (spain, italy) and eastern (austria-hungary, russia) europe remained largely agricultural societies with pockets of industrialization (barcelona, turin, vienna, Prague, st. petersburg: germany devoted 10x as much resources to research and education than italy (in % of gdp) Electrification: the rst electric generator was invented by michael faraday in 1831, electric technology progressed throughout the 1800s and by the beginning of the. 1900s was common in urban areas in western europe and the us: applications were numerous for industrial production as well as domestic and urban comfort, light bulbs are one of the most common expressions of the phenomenon.
