Ancient Inventions

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-12-22 12:08am

So did anyone else catch these 3 0ne hour shows on History Channel and what did you think of them?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-12-22 09:21am

Only caught part of the Antithykera one, very intersting. I doubt those things could have been very common, but I don't discount it out of hand for being too complex like some people have done in the past.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-12-22 10:24am

I didn't see the show, cause I don't have cable/sat. but I thought I read somewhere that an ancient inventor made for a russian Czar once a little toy that ran on Steam, some centuries before the steam engine was actually made. you simply poured boiling water into it, capped it off and CHOO CHOO! How crazy would it have been to see the industrial revoution happening in the 12th century, eh?

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2003-12-22 11:05am

But it was Russian. It probably broke down and irridated everyone within a square mile

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StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-12-22 12:16pm

Chardok wrote:I didn't see the show, cause I don't have cable/sat. but I thought I read somewhere that an ancient inventor made for a russian Czar once a little toy that ran on Steam, some centuries before the steam engine was actually made. you simply poured boiling water into it, capped it off and CHOO CHOO! How crazy would it have been to see the industrial revoution happening in the 12th century, eh?

Lots of people had steam-powered toys. A temple in Alexandria had steam-operated doors, and a Byzantine Emperor had a throne that could be raised with steam and some toy lions and birds.

No industrial revolution would happen, though, because there was no driving need for it. Slaves were sufficient labor at the time.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-12-22 12:50pm

StarshipTitanic wrote:
Chardok wrote:I didn't see the show, cause I don't have cable/sat. but I thought I read somewhere that an ancient inventor made for a russian Czar once a little toy that ran on Steam, some centuries before the steam engine was actually made. you simply poured boiling water into it, capped it off and CHOO CHOO! How crazy would it have been to see the industrial revoution happening in the 12th century, eh?
Lots of people had steam-powered toys. A temple in Alexandria had steam-operated doors, and a Byzantine Emperor had a throne that could be raised with steam and some toy lions and birds.

No industrial revolution would happen, though, because there was no driving need for it. Slaves were sufficient labor at the time.

That and they didn't have the machine tooling to provide for the things necesarry for a true industrial revolution.