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Electricity wasn't invented; it is a natural phenomenon seen in lightning, the nervous system of every living animal, and so on. Things to make, transmit, store and use electricity were invented. Before those things were invented, people made things that allowed them to live without electricity, such as candles and oil lamps for light, waterwheels and ox drive for powering equipment, fuel-burning stoves for heat, written letters and visits for communications, and so on.

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For thousands of years people saw night as a different and treated it as dangerous . They thought the night air could make people sick, and when they travelled they made sure they stopped before dark. Not only were there people who would rob people on the road, but it was also dangerous to travel not knowing where things were like bridges, rivers, ditches, and other things. In homes light came from tallow candles, fireplaces, oil lamps, and other sources. A candle reflecting off of something gives off good light.

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Before electricity they used to burn logs for heat and lite candals for light. Before electricity they used to burn logs for heat and lite candals for light.

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People burned fuel, such as wood, coal, and vegetable oil, to stay warm.

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It wasn't until the light bulb was invented and then it took several years before people actually were able to use it.

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