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It is still an interesting question. How can a society that created a 52-pipe musical organ in 228 BC fail to create, even by accident, high-leverage machinery
by wnissen 3y ago
It is still an interesting question. How can a society that created a 52-pipe musical organ in 228 BC fail to create, even by accident, high-leverage machinery like the steam engine? It reminds me of the Egyptians, who knew of the wheel but apparently only used it in toys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_organ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_organ
- kjeetgill 3y agoI'm not sure if we're taking about different time periods, but weren't they at the forefront of chariot warfare during the bronze age? And I vaguely recall that inventing bellows to melt iron took a long time too, so steam machinery seems pretty far off if all you have is bronze and stone.
- wudangmonk 3y agoThere are reliefs of Ramses II fighting on a chariot and he's from the 1200-1300 BC, so the wheel must have been used much earlier than that by Egyptians.
- ch4s3 3y agoThe Egyptians had chariots, they definitely used wheels.