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According to wikipedia[1] the first industrial steam engine (1712) was invented almost 100 years before the invention of the steam locomotive (1804), arguably i
by graftak 3mo ago
According to wikipedia[1] the first industrial steam engine (1712) was invented almost 100 years before the invention of the steam locomotive (1804), arguably its greatest evolutionary feat.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_steam_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_steam_engine
- bluGill 3mo agoThe timeline of the electric motor isn't much behind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_electric_motor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_electric_motor.