A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.
A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact.
Looking at that makes me think they were on the verge of steam power. Its not a big leap from this. Imagine if the roman empire cracked steam power/generation 2000 years ago ! What would the world look like today.
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How were they making metal pipes back then for the water to go through
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That’s remarkable.
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There is more information here, including more pictures and diagrams, you just need to scroll quite a bit:
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How’d they date it? I can’t help but have skepticism about this one.
Missing the yellow tag on the side.
Still can’t get the pilot light to hold!
Best source I could find with the backstory.
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/the-worlds-only-intact-roman-boiler-a-glimpse-into-ancient-engineering
Looking at that makes me think they were on the verge of steam power. Its not a big leap from this. Imagine if the roman empire cracked steam power/generation 2000 years ago ! What would the world look like today.
How were they making metal pipes back then for the water to go through
That’s remarkable.
There is more information here, including more pictures and diagrams, you just need to scroll quite a bit:
https://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/VF/Villa_013%20Boscoreale%20Villa%20della%20Pisanella%20p2.htm
It is definitely real and impressive
My first thought was “that’s a boiler repairing a brick wall”
It’s almost unbelievable.