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This reminds me of James Burke Connections. That show often showed how many different and surprising dependencies there are on the path to any given invention.
by audunw 4y ago
This reminds me of James Burke Connections. That show often showed how many different and surprising dependencies there are on the path to any given invention. My favorite example is how the internal combustion engine needed an invention from perfume bottles to spray a good mist of fuel/air-mixture into the cylinder. Might have taken longer to invent ICE if that wasn't already readily available.
I really hope that someone remakes a modern version of Connections.
- bilsbie 4y agoI thought the carberator did this?
- andylynch 4y agoYes, but a key development in carburettor design was an 1880s patent by Maybach and Daimler, based on the principles of an atomiser as used for perfume.
- berkes 4y agoSteam locomotives and other steam boilers used the same principle (Bernoulli). Did Daimler and Maybach say they took inspiration from perfume atomizers? Because it would make more sense if theyt took inspiration from steam engine's injectors.
- bluedino 4y agoThere are fuel injection patents from the 1870's
- berkes 4y agoBoth perfume bottles and the carberator use Bernoulli's principle, which was published in 1738[1]. I'm not sure whether Bernoulli developed this for perfume bottles, but I doubt it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s_principle
- aequitas 4y ago> I really hope that someone remakes a modern version of Connections. The premise of the show is still very actual, even more so with current technologies.