Chemical and Health Effects
The Industrial Revolution brought many changes among the people in the United States, including changes in the chemical composition of the environment. Scientists today know that the burning of organic substances causes heat to be created in various forms. Some of these forms include carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, etc.
During the Industrial Revolution, people realized that one of the ways to create energy was to harness the power of steam, as discussed in Steam Power. The main types of emissions of gases would have to ones listed above: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. The main issue of these gases were the pollution, and although nobody knew about it, it was the main cause of diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Carbon dioxide is one of the most dangerous gases created by factories today; however the first real usage for the materials that produced this gas was actually exhausted during the Industrial Revolution.
Scientists today can analyze the dangerous effects of each individual gas by studying the effects on our natural world. Looking at this situation scientifically, we can understand the important parts of pollution: the burning of fossil fuels creates a final product of energy and poisonous gas emissions. One of these materials used was "coke". Coke was a form of refined coal that manufacturers used for steam power. It was more commonly used in factories or other methods of steam, such as the locomotive engines. The burning of any material has two cross-products; one is the energy that released by combining heat with the object, and the other is the emission of the object. The emission of coal and fire is a deadly carbon dioxide. The most frightening aspect of carbon dioxide is that for the past 150 years, humans have been relying on refined coal to such an extent that the troposphere (the layer that traps the majority of the light from the sun and converts it into heat) has been thickening even more and warms the Earth even faster. This is known as the greenhouse effect.
During the Industrial Revolution, people realized that one of the ways to create energy was to harness the power of steam, as discussed in Steam Power. The main types of emissions of gases would have to ones listed above: carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. The main issue of these gases were the pollution, and although nobody knew about it, it was the main cause of diseases such as cholera and typhoid. Carbon dioxide is one of the most dangerous gases created by factories today; however the first real usage for the materials that produced this gas was actually exhausted during the Industrial Revolution.
Scientists today can analyze the dangerous effects of each individual gas by studying the effects on our natural world. Looking at this situation scientifically, we can understand the important parts of pollution: the burning of fossil fuels creates a final product of energy and poisonous gas emissions. One of these materials used was "coke". Coke was a form of refined coal that manufacturers used for steam power. It was more commonly used in factories or other methods of steam, such as the locomotive engines. The burning of any material has two cross-products; one is the energy that released by combining heat with the object, and the other is the emission of the object. The emission of coal and fire is a deadly carbon dioxide. The most frightening aspect of carbon dioxide is that for the past 150 years, humans have been relying on refined coal to such an extent that the troposphere (the layer that traps the majority of the light from the sun and converts it into heat) has been thickening even more and warms the Earth even faster. This is known as the greenhouse effect.