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Btw. ancient greeks already had a form of steam engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile. Why it didn't produce
by pegasus 7y ago
Btw. ancient greeks already had a form of steam engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile. Why it didn't produce an industrial revolution is debatable (they had slaves, for one).
- scottlocklin 7y agoThere's a decent book on the history of steam engines called "The Most Powerful Idea in the World" which answers the question fairly convincingly.