A Turkish man invented the steam engine 200 years before the industrial revolution but he only made it to spin döner kebabs.
In 1551, Taqi al-Din, who is more often remembered for his astronomical and mechanical inventions, described a device that essentially functioned as a steam turbine.
His design involved a small boiler that produced steam, which was then directed through a nozzle onto the blades of a wheel. The force of the escaping steam caused the wheel to spin. This wheel was connected mechanically to a spit, allowing meat to rotate over a fire without human effort.
What makes Taqi al-Din’s description remarkable is that it shows a practical understanding of converting thermal energy into rotational mechanical energy. While earlier inventors had experimented with steam for curiosity or simple toys, Taqi al-Din’s turbine had a concrete application: automating a kitchen task. His work was part of a broader tradition of Ottoman engineering, which included astronomical clocks, observational instruments, and water-raising machines.
>used it only for kebabs
Never underestimate the dangers of treatlerism, comrades. Turkoretard was so engrossed in fattening his faggot ass with meatslop that he retarded the productive forces by centuries.
England wasn't unique in inventing the stream engine, but what was unique was applying it to industrial processes. Not sure why England specifically, perhaps due to Urbanization of poor peasants?
>>2696294Not surprising, their were also proto-steam engines in the classical world as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile>>2696316Are you literate
>>2696345Due to the optimization mechanism that is capitalism, urban-merchant class hegemony, you name it
>>2696345>Not sure why England specificallyThey were able to use it to drain water from bogs to get to coal that could then be turned around to fuel more steam engines in a feedback loop.
Useless without colonianism allowing mass production
>>2696345>Are you literatetaqi al-din is turk name sir
>>2696427>open temple doorsOh shit they got it to do work!? Did they hook a rope onto it somewhere?
>>2696524>>>/edu/22850 has all 4 of the books from that series
>>2696345I think it was because they had a shitton of easily-mined coal in Wales
>>2696465Ahh, that makes a lot of sense lmao, that's an insanely lucky terrain feature that incentivizes them to maximize steam engine efficiency and build a bunch of industrial steam machines.
>>2696465Not bogs, but mine shafts, which without engines were making it really difficult to dig any deeper without constant flooding.
>>269673618th century northern England, not Wales. Northern coal was the catalyst because it could be shipped on barges down the Tyne (from Newcastle upon Tyne) and then down the eastern coast to London and southern England. Welsh coal only became important in the latter 19th century, because its coal wasn't as accessible and needed investment in canals and railroads to reach it. Also, Welsh coal was very high quality and it was desired by the Royal Navy as it transitioned to steam power in the mid 19th century because it burned clean with little smoke.
>>2696849read the thread, mong.
>>2696958>garlic, herb, or spicyall 3 pls
i think there are a lot of material science advances necessary to do more than 'just' spin kebabs, without durable machinery able to withstand greater heat and pressure the maximum force you can create with an engine is limited. technological progress is the result of many disparate material and superstructural influences converging, and is not a simple linear progression based on smart people having smarter ideas than the last guy after copying their work
>>2696958You bastard I don't have a Kebab nearby
>>2697032Is it actually possible to get extra or are they merely selling you the illusion thereof
>>2696294> but he only made it to spin döner kebabs. Based
>>2696849Hero was Greco-Egyptian working in Hellenistic Alexandria. This is pre-Roman Egypt. It's literally in your article uygha.
>>2697081If you're a regular and then recognize you most places will actually give you perks like that.
>>2696958I only order the meat with bread and nothing else, not even fries and the vendor calls me butcher
>>2697222I order meat with no bread and just purple cabbage. My local started to remember my order after like the third time, which was nice.
>>2697198>>2697081Also helps if you make small talk and tip. :)
Only anglo autism could turn something that was a curiosity for greeks and turks into the machine that started the industrial revolution.
>>2697257Also I don't think the Eastern Mediterranean had any coal deposits
>>2697792that's just an assertion with no evidence
>>2697801read the article in its entirety, that assertion is the final sentence.
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