Sentence examples for advent of electricity from inspiring English sources

The second phase, in 1900, saw the advent of electricity, and was centered in the U.S., the U.K., and Germany.

He set the play in turn-of-the-century Venice, at the advent of electricity, traders and stock markets.

Set in the 1880s, just after the advent of electricity, "In the Next Room" takes place in the adjoining parlor and consulting room of an upstanding physician, Dr. Givings Michael Cerveriss), who specializes in treating "hysteria" in women.

As darkness falls, the thundering drum lines and costumed riders on horseback are joined by the sight of flambeaux — traditional kerosene-fueled torches used to light the floats before the advent of electricity.

I mean, how New England, how Norman Rockwell can you get?" The Haywoods are among a growing number of families across Connecticut discovering the nostalgic pleasures of cooking in the home fireplace, a tradition that, in America at least, went the way of the hot-coal bed warmer with the advent of electricity.

There is no shade in existence that more powerfully communicates urban alienation than this noxious pallid green, which only came into being with the advent of electricity, and which is inextricably associated with the nocturnal city of glass towers, empty illuminated offices and neon signs.

The advents of electricity and the automobile are woven into his ever more youthful life's fabric.

He said the falling cost of renewable energy, particularly solar and wind, the replacement of gas with electricity for heating, and the advent of electric vehicles would eliminate most emissions.

With the advent of restructured electricity markets a contentious market design issue has been whether unit commitment decisions should be made centrally by the system operator or by individual generators.

But with the advent of summer, the electricity will have to be produced, the demand for water will increase and the lakes are expected to reach record lows.

The advent of the electric razor helps only slightly.