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> For example, you could not use human power to drive most of the things we drive with engines: cars, trains, ships, planes, etc. True, but not relevant to the
by jbert 17y ago
> For example, you could not use human power to drive most of the things we drive with engines: cars, trains, ships, planes, etc.
True, but not relevant to the initial, successful commercialisation of the technology. The mobile power plants are a whole step beyond the "lets mechanize labour".
Newcomen engine: 1712, Stephenson's Rocket 1829.