Pioneering work by Franklin, Faraday, Volta, Morse and many others laid a foundation upon which Edison built. Some of the more important prior developments are shown below. Batteries Voltaic pile S. Colton motor S. Pixii magneto generator S. Nobili galvanometer S. Henry electromagnet S. Civil War led to coal replacing charcoal as the fuel source for steel furnaces. Coal was also used to fuel furnaces and stoves inside homes.
In the s, coal was used to generate electricity, which was used in both homes and factories. In the mids, oil began to replace coal as an energy source. In , the first oil well was dug. Petroleum was harvested from wells, distilled into kerosene and used in lamps as a replacement for whale oil.
In , Nikolaus August Otto developed the internal combustion engine, which was fueled by oil. Gasoline wasn't used until , when the first gasoline car was built. Natural energy sources were also in use in the s. Energy from windmills was primarily used to pump water and grind grain. Waterwheels produced energy from the movement of water and were used for the same purposes as windmills.
After the invention of the crankshaft and the camshaft, waterwheels were used to power sawmills and iron foundries, and later the cotton mills of the mids. In the late s, hydroelectric plants were used, in addition to coal-powered plants, to produce electricity.
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