a generator is a motor operated in reverse (mechanical -> electrical). you apply external mechanical force and it produces electricity. neat, isn’t it?
I understand that but it’s not useful in this context, is it? You make an electric motor to power something, and then you have to use a mechanical generator to power the motor. How is that helpful? Unless you also know how to make batteries.
If you can somehow craft a motor that runs somewhat smoothly, I think building a basic windmill wouldn’t be too difficult, perhaps that could be used to power a little cart doing some plowing or some shit
So then you have copper cables covered in something to insulate them that are long enough to cover a whole field, which by itself would likely be problematic at the time.
For most applications, I’m guessing the windmill directly to the machine is going to make more sense, though of course that has to be a stationary machine.
a generator is a motor operated in reverse (mechanical -> electrical). you apply external mechanical force and it produces electricity. neat, isn’t it?
I understand that but it’s not useful in this context, is it? You make an electric motor to power something, and then you have to use a mechanical generator to power the motor. How is that helpful? Unless you also know how to make batteries.
Coming up with a stream machine isn’t that difficult
For sure, and much more doable, though still relies on being able to make a metal vessel that can hold pressure.
It took a lot of iterations on the steam machine to go from “cool concept but useless” to “perfected world-changing tech”.
If you can somehow craft a motor that runs somewhat smoothly, I think building a basic windmill wouldn’t be too difficult, perhaps that could be used to power a little cart doing some plowing or some shit
So then you have copper cables covered in something to insulate them that are long enough to cover a whole field, which by itself would likely be problematic at the time.
For most applications, I’m guessing the windmill directly to the machine is going to make more sense, though of course that has to be a stationary machine.
I was thinking to put them in rope or something and let a machine drive in circles, tightening the cable and making the circle smaller
Okay, but you still need to get electricity to the electric motor. How would you so that?
Copper wire inside the rope, maybe insulate it with wax or something. Might take a decade to perfect