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Re:Underrated Reasons to Be Thankful by rrss on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:55AM (#29341837)
though Hero’s engine is a steam engine, it is practically useless as anything besides a curiosity and certainly could not have powered an industrial revolution
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Re:Underrated Reasons to Be Thankful by andi999 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:03AM (#29342408)
Yes, but I am confident if there would have been demand, they would have improved on it. It can open temple doors so I do not think it is too far away from a useful machine.
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