The manufacturing sector is undergoing rapid procedural changes and strategic shifts, driven by the increasing adoption of ...

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. The engine was commonly found in coal ...

imagine how thrilled folks were when they first saw a factory machine! (Spoiler: they were not thrilled. More like terrified.) Then came steam power, the caffeine of the Industrial Revolution.

Yet by 1900, less than 5% of mechanical drive power in American factories was coming from electric motors. The age of steam lingered. A steam-powered factory must have been awe-inspiring.

It can be read as an allegory to the impact of the First Industrial Revolution on the new world. The First Industrial Revolution heralded production using steam, and the Second saw the usage of ...