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Because of a little ASB TL I'm working with now I'm reading up a lot on the history of science. One thing which is standing out to me with this is: Wow....we were sure late with electricity weren't we?
IOTL electricity was never really harnessed until well into the industrial revolution...which is odd as electricity and steam power don't necessarily have to be so linked...
So...what if electricity was discovered before the industrial revolution?
Could we perhaps get an alternate industrial revolution built upon electric rather than steam?- a somewhat green industrial revolution if you will, water wheels and windmills being fully understood for a rather long time...
Or at the least perhaps it could play a major role in the revolution.