Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 135 The Next Industrial Revolution

The first industrial revolution brought mankind into the era of steam and the internal combustion engine. Knowing the behemoth of the British Empire, where the sun never sets, united everyone in the world for the first time.

The second industrial revolution began with the electrical age.

If the first industrial revolution was unique to the British Empire, then the second industrial revolution can truly be called the contention of a hundred schools of thought.

The two world wars were the ultimate manifestation of the contention of a hundred schools of thought.

The results of the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the second industrial revolution should also be attributed to the first industrial revolution.

The main force of the first industrial revolution was skilled workers, and Watt was one of the best. Relying on production practice, Watt was inspired to improve the steam engine.

And the second industrial revolution was born of academics in laboratories, not skilled workers.

The great achievements of the first industrial revolution made all countries realize a truth—science and technology are the primary productive forces, so various universities and laboratories began to emerge in endlessly, and truly systematic scientific research appeared.

From then on, the progress of human beings in science is no longer accidental and accidental, but systematic and gradual.

The second industrial revolution originated in Germany and the United States.

In 1866, the German Siemens made a generator, and by the 70s, the practical generator came out officially.

Electric appliances began to be used to replace machines, and became a new energy source that supplemented and replaced steam engines.Subsequently, electric lights, trams, and movie projectors came out one after another, and mankind entered the "Electrical Age".

Edison in the United States is known as the king of inventions. He has more than [-] invention patents in his lifetime, most of which are related to electricity, and all of these must first be attributed to the generator invented by Siemens.

At the same time, the British/Canadian/American Bell invented the telephone. The sentence "Hello, Chicago" represents the first time that humans have the ability to communicate quickly and remotely.

This greatly expands the remote command capabilities of humans.

The telegraph that followed, and even the computer network, were follow-up products of this great invention.

At the same time, the internal combustion engine improved by Otto in the 19s and 80s, followed by internal combustion engines fueled by gas and gasoline, were born one after another, and the diesel engine was successfully created in the 90s.The invention of the internal combustion engine solved the engine problems of vehicles.

In the 80s, German Karl Benz and others successfully manufactured automobiles driven by internal combustion engines, and internal combustion automobiles, ocean-going ships, and airplanes also developed rapidly.The invention of the internal combustion engine has promoted the development of the oil exploration industry and the production of the petrochemical industry.

In 1870, the world produced about 80 tons of oil, but in 1900 annual production soared to 2000 million tons of oil.

The second industrial revolution also changed the world pattern.

The United States and Germany became the main forces of the Second Industrial Revolution, and at the same time, the United States and Germany also became the main promoters of the First World War and the Second World War.

The Germans were responsible for starting the war, and the Americans were responsible for supplying arms to all participating countries, especially before Russia officially entered the war.

This is definitely not a coincidence.

Driven by the second industrial revolution, the capitalist economy began to undergo major changes. The trend of socialization of capitalist production was strengthened, which promoted the intensification of competition among enterprises and the concentration of production and capital. A small number of enterprises adopting new technologies squeezed out a large number of enterprises. Enterprises with backward technology.

The concentration of production and capital to a certain extent creates monopoly.Among the few large-scale enterprises that have grown up in the competition, monopoly organizations are formed.

The emergence of monopoly organizations further expands the scale of enterprises and further increases labor productivity.

Advanced forms of monopoly organizations such as trusts are more conducive to improving business management, reducing costs, and increasing labor productivity.The emergence of monopoly organizations is actually a partial adjustment of capitalist production relations. Since then, the speed of capitalist economic development has accelerated.

When the big capitalists have money, in order to obtain more economic benefits, they begin to intervene more and more in the country's economic and political policies. Slowly, the governments of capitalist countries have become the spokespersons of monopoly organizations.

At the same time, monopoly organizations also crossed the borders to form international monopoly groups, demanding to carve up the world economically. Then, the armed forces of various capitalist countries began to expand abroad.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, major capitalist countries such as the United States, Germany, Britain, France, and Japan entered the stage of imperialism one after another.

The emergence of imperialism was yet another painful blow to countries that did not catch up with the second industrial revolution.

From the beginning of the aggression of various imperialists, these countries began to crazily suck blood from countries that had not entered the industrialization. Later, various imperialists were dissatisfied with the original spoils system and started civil wars.

So there was World War I and World War II.

As a result, the United States has risen to become the hegemony of the world. Now an American can easily live in a big house and eat fried chicken for one dollar. What they eat is not fried chicken, but the flesh and blood of people from countless countries that have been invaded by imperialism since the [-]th century.

The origin of the changes in this world has never been politics, let alone the ambitions of some people. Only changes in technology and energy are the starting point of everything.

Just as the British Empire, where the sun never sets, originated from Watt's steam engine workshop, the rise of Germany and the United States, and the occurrence of the two world wars also originated from the laboratories of Siemens and Otto.

The hegemony of the United States, the weakness of the Soviet Union and Germany, and the traceability of the overall developed society in Europe can all be said to come from this.

Observing these processes, it is not difficult to see that what really changes the world pattern is always the discovery of new energy.

Many people think of the third industrial revolution as a biomedical and industrial revolution, but Lockhart doesn't think so.

Without the discovery of new energy sources, the industrial revolution will never really come, and the third industrial revolution will never start with biotechnology.

After recalling these things, Lockhart began to seriously study the ancient runes.

Ancient runes may contain new energy sources that can change the world. Just as steam engines, generators, and internal combustion engines changed the world, ancient runes may also change the world.

And every time something like the Industrial Revolution happens, it represents a reshuffle of the powers of the world. Whether wizards can integrate into the Muggle world may depend on whether Lockhart can research these complex ancient runes. What a new source of energy.

Thinking of this, Lockhart couldn't help but took a deep breath, and opened the relevant books borrowed from the library. Perhaps the fate of countless human beings will be changed because of this small action.

(End of this chapter)