Kardashev index
0.573
Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1
AccelerationFour-dimensional view258 years agoThe Age of Steam
1769
Watt's Separate Condenser
Watt received a patent that greatly improved steam-engine efficiency; the engine later came to power factories.
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Abraham Darby smelted iron in a coke-fired blast furnace, and coal began to replace charcoal. Source
The first practical steam engine, used to pump water from mines. Source
Diderot and his collaborators began publishing the Encyclopédie, a systematic compendium of the knowledge of the age. Source
Watt received a patent that greatly improved steam-engine efficiency; the engine later came to power factories. Source
Jenner inoculated an 8-year-old boy with cowpox to protect him against smallpox, giving rise to vaccines. Source
The first battery able to supply a continuous electric current. Source
Trevithick's steam locomotive pulled a train along a tramway in Wales. Source
Babbage proposed a machine to compute mathematical tables automatically. Source
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