by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Architecture, History, Italian Life, Technology
As Europe faces a potential heating crisis this winter as war rages on and Russia holds its precious gas hostage from the desperate Europeans, an uncertain future faces the continent. It was this that inspired me to look to the past to see how mankind has survived...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | History, Physics, Technology
Why is this in an edition of Technology Lost to Time, you may ask. Aren’t automatic doors powered by sensors and electricity? You hack, that’s at least 20th Century tech! 17th Century German depiction of Heron of Alexadria Well dear reader, allow me to...
by admin | Aug 2, 2022 | Amateur Advice, History, Personal, Technology, Update
Researching this topic led me down quite the rabbit hole. Similar to the idea of flexible glass, I found myself in the dark corners of the internet dedicated to the thought of finding the steam powered pigeon as invented by a Greek man from Magna Graecia in Tarentum...
by admin | Jul 26, 2022 | History, Italian Life, Physics, Science, Story, Technology
Thank God we’ve reached the end with this. Don’t get me wrong, I love Archimedes, but the dude did so much over such a wide range that it makes researching him exceptionally tedious. In this article, we’re going to keep it short and sweet to cap off...
by admin | Jul 19, 2022 | History, Physics, Story, Technology
Welcome back! Here, we’ll focus on the legendary siege weaponry designed by Archimedes as well as tackle some of the last theoretical work of his that we know about in the realms of geometry and physics! Starting with the siege weaponry… The Archimedes...
by admin | Jul 12, 2022 | History, Physics, Science, Story, Technology
Artist Depiction of Archimedes "Moving The Earth" The man whose last words were, “Do not disturb my circles,” and is legendary for coining the phrase “Eureka!” while running through the streets of Syracuse wet and naked as the day he was born...
