Timeline for Why was the Aeolipile not put to practical use in classical antiquity?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:47 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 21, 2017 at 17:51 | comment | added | KillingTime | I'm not sure it was used in homes but several of Britain's cities had a hydraulic power network including London. | |
| Feb 21, 2017 at 13:25 | comment | added | Ne Mo | Pneumatic power in homes? Tell me more! | |
| Feb 11, 2017 at 9:28 | comment | added | Jeff | I think this is a very good insight -- water power led people to understand that some source of power besides human/animal muscle could be used and created a framework for it. Then other forms of power were substituted. Steam really captured the popular imagination -- it was somewhat mysterious compared to wind and water. It could be argued that steam set the stage then for electricity, leading to all sorts of things, I think all would agree. But interestingly, electricity was not the only way power was initially transmitted. Pneumatic power was used in private homes at one point iirc. | |
| Feb 5, 2017 at 20:35 | history | edited | Steve Bird | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 5, 2017 at 10:42 | history | answered | KillingTime | CC BY-SA 3.0 |