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I need a water mill and all the copper wire and magnets you can give me
Also a glassblower and... tungsten? Generator isn't any use without something to power
Copper you say? I know a guy…
On second thought, aluminum will suffice. Im not sure I can trust your source...
How are you going to get aluminium if you don't already have electricity, and quite a lot of it?
I think they had it in South America.
It was ungodly expensive to produce before the Hall Heroult process though, which needs electricity.
He gets one bad review…. Geesh.
Too bad, before 1800 aluminum is more precious than gold.
A motor is the same as a generator. Also a telegram is closing an electric circuit using a spring opened switch.
Waterwheel electric motors give you the capacity to prototype an electric train without all the horrible horrible metallurgy you need for a steam one.
Telegraph.