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> The industrial revolution used water power. No. "Water power is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines" (https
by t_mann 4y ago
> The industrial revolution used water power.
No. "Water power is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropower). Steam engines used coal, ie fossil fuels. By your defintion, even nuclear plants would be "water power".
- zardo 4y ago> No. "Water power is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines" Which is what powered most factories throughout the industrial revolution. Not using electricity obviously, machines would be connected by belt to overhead power shafts, which were connected to a water wheel.