While dissecting a frog hanging on a copper wire, Equality 7-2521 discovers the power of electricity, which he explores in his tunnel underground. ... Later, Equality 7-2521 concludes that electricity is the power of the sky, and that men in the Unmentionable Times had harnessed the power of the sky.
artificial light was primarily used to make days longer as candles could only burn for so long before going out and usually when it got dark people couldn't continue their activities