Fascinating Facts About the Early Electric Age

Electricity has become so commonplace that we tend to only notice it when it’s not there, but in terms of technological innovations, it’s actually fairly new. It took a lot of concerted effort, and a lot of trial and error, to develop electricity into one of the must-have utilities. Early efforts at bringing electricity to the masses were fraught with tragic mistakes and misunderstandings, along with some rather odd ideas about what electric power could and couldn’t do. It took decades to learn how to handle the potent utility safely, and to figure out what would work and what was less than helpful when it came to electrical appliances. Then too, the unknowns of the early days of electricity–and some odd professional rivalries–have made a lasting impact on the way that different countries consume and use electricity to this day... Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUe_d9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://ift.tt/2EJ18Cm Text version: https://ift.tt/3bEETiF →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at http://www.toptenz.net Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/3qF4PPB https://ift.tt/3bKJBfb https://ift.tt/3l8IR6q https://ift.tt/3bDP0UX https://ift.tt/36ZcQFz https://ift.tt/3thcvJp https://ift.tt/2OKpu7C https://ift.tt/3t5scDE https://ift.tt/3taONyE https://ift.tt/2vSKDCy https://ift.tt/3l8JahA https://ift.tt/3lbgy7B https://ift.tt/30CbuQ1 https://ift.tt/2PMz4r1 https://ift.tt/35s0qpf https://ift.tt/2dF56jq https://ift.tt/3cp52kW https://ift.tt/3laM1GJ https://ift.tt/3ex6dkN https://ift.tt/3vr8OmH https://ift.tt/3vj4aXO https://ift.tt/3lchzfi https://ift.tt/2OQH5dW https://ift.tt/30EKj7k https://ift.tt/3eyokXS https://ift.tt/2ORzBI0 https://ift.tt/3vlhcUH https://ift.tt/38AYr5T https://ift.tt/2Gol8P3 https://ift.tt/30CfMa3 https://ift.tt/3qLdQGJ https://ift.tt/2OIsSjo https://ift.tt/2PSi4j7. https://ift.tt/3qHtFyv. https://ift.tt/2hDP6yD https://ift.tt/3vj4bek https://ift.tt/3l7ZSOe