227 years agoThe Age of Steam
1800
The Voltaic Pile
The first battery able to supply a continuous electric current.
Art style · Napoleonic-era copperplate engraving
World population
983Mpeople
1/8 of today
Primary energy power
6.5×10¹¹W
1/31 of today
London → New York message
42 days
123M times slower than today
Every timeline entry cites its source. Metrics interpolate logarithmically between sourced data points. Forecasts include institutional and community views, and attributed site scenarios; years are not guaranteed realization dates. Illustrations are AI-generated in each era's style.
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