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Everything is obvious in hindsight. People actually know what heat is these days, but for most of human history, we didn't. So it's easy to imagine you could ha
by Retra 12y ago
Everything is obvious in hindsight. People actually know what heat is these days, but for most of human history, we didn't. So it's easy to imagine you could have invented a steam engine in 1400 or something.
But nobody did, and there's a reason for that.
- thaumasiotes 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile > In the 1st century AD, Hero of Alexandria described the [aeolipile] > The aeolipile Hero described is considered to be the first recorded steam engine or reaction steam turbine
- sukilot 12y agoMost inventions are imagined or prototyped by many people far in advance of a few time points when all the ingredients are ripe for large-scale execution.