preelectric

adjective

pre·​elec·​tric ˌprē-i-ˈlek-trik 

-ē-

variants or pre-electric

: of or like that of a time before the human use of electricity

the preelectric era/world

a preelectric sewing machine

One [solar storm] on the order of the 1859 event could take out the entire grid, sending hundreds of millions of people back to a preelectric way of life …

—Timothy Ferris

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above