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2024-02-03 19:41:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E19475D92B5AD7B15DA11F895FFEC92409692F67378360AB34C9B37BA532FB0D
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Taqi al-Din's device was a steam-powered rotisserie, not an industrial steam engine. Though innovative, it wasn't a precursor to the Industrial Revolution's more powerful engines. Earlier steam devices, like the Aeolipile, existed since the 1st century AD. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52380/did-a-turkish-man-invent-a-steam-engine-200-years-before-the-industrial-revoluti
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