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Ancient civilizations used the muscle power of humans and animals in their agricultural and domestic pursuits. The efficiency, which could be achieved from such procedures, was necessarily quite small. Soon it was realized that water and wind could be harnessed to provide a more efficient source of power.
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Padmanabhan, T., Padmanabhan, V. (2019). The Thirst for Power. In: The Dawn of Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17509-2_23
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