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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images by bloak on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:27AM (#26329552)
The most complex machine of the Roman era was perhaps a water organ. (I would guess that for long historical periods the most complex machines were keyboard-controlled musical instruments.)
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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images by WarOnPrivacy on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:11AM (#26330324)
Oh see you did it now - opened up a vacuum about ancient tech.

I'll start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile

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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images by mstade on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @11:20AM (#26330458)
Great link, thanks for sharing! This has the makings of an excellent thread – please do continue sharing cool stuff!! :o)
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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images by Bluestein on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @12:20PM (#26331473)
(The question as to how - and why or why not - we could go from the Aeolipile to full blown steam engines, I've always found fascinating ...

... what other things / proceses / materials / frame of mind made the steam engine possible vs. this.

What made for an industrial revolution in the 1800's vs. the 1st century AD).-

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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images by rmu09 on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:45PM (#26333375)
One thing that severly hampered the romans was their number system.
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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images by Bluestein on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @03:58PM (#26334425)
Makes sense that it would ...
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