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According to wikipedia it was already a known term in the 1860's. But that's a hundred years after the industrial revolution started. Still a damn long time though.
i guess i was mainly thinking of the second industrial revolution which was much more active in the region "woke" originated from than the first industrial revolution, so that's on me