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		Bluestein on March 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA's Perseverance rover sends stunning images (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).-

rmu09 on March 3, 2021 [–]

One thing that severly hampered the romans was their number system.

Bluestein on March 3, 2021 | [–]

Makes sense that it would ...

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