Electric Realisation

After electricity was initially studied and looked at, there were unfortunately multiple experiments that went terribly wrong and injured/killed several philosophers. Because of this, study and development of electricity stagnated and eventually (decide a date),under the influence of Vincenzo Coscello, the Board of Philosophers advised authorities across the continent to impose a prohibition on the use and research of electricity. Since then, clever propaganda techniques convinced the ignorant masses and even the vast majority of scientists that electricity was dirty, evil and dangerous. Even the Explosion at Jurshaw was blamed on electricity even though it had nothing to do with anything. However, rogue philosophers and the criminal underworld had been continuously tinkering with it, and progress began to accelerate after the formation of the Consortium. As electricity became tamer and common in more and more people's lives, public perception began to change. After many inventors were migrating abroad to bypass draconian electricity laws imposed by Coscello, Acrefell was beginning to slip behind as the world's centre for philosophical progress. So, amidst a haze of scandal and the collapse of the reputation of House Coscello, the Electric Realisation occurred, the prohibition repealed and everything carried on.

I still need to put a time stamp on the Electric Realisation but apparently I had already decided it as a court case of Coscello vs Meteorographer-in-chief, Judy Mogher. As the might and power of the Bolscemenan government increased, so too did the need for accurate and far-flung weather data. The Meteorographical Institute is pretty advanced (engines), but it still needs all the raw data coming from remote outposts. In the past, this was achieved through a mix of pneumatic tubing, semaphore and manual collection but as demand grew, the Institute was getting more and more desperate. Drastic measures were in hand. Electric telegraphy was banned across most of the world. However, a junior clerk was a penpal with a Nebelese engineer. Nebelon never followed the trend of prohibiting electricity and as such, the engineer regaled tales of how useful electric telegraphy was. The Institute's hand was forced. (Selling research papers on the black market - patenting issues). Efficiency subsequently rose by large amounts. At the time, thanks to the propaganda of the Underdog Consortium, public knowledge of electricity was booming and opinion was getting softer. Everyone began figuring out that Coscello was full of shit and so Mogher took him to court and won. Prohibition repealed, Coscello discredited etc.

John Doherty was a major developer in the electronic computer, applying technology and methods from the mechanical computer and advances in electronics from previous underground philosophers.

Grove cells

Pioneers of electricity like Ohm, Volta and Faraday. Obviously very secretive but mainly attributed to:
 * Benedict Shaddallalkee
 * Hetta Rjougar
 * Nathan Pineglade
 * Lonardo Mtordi
 * Avaeda Ravon
 * Unnamed Crissindrey scientist