What old technology are you surprised is still in use today?
What old technology are you surprised is still in use today?
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Steam turbines.
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Like those damn nuclear reactors!
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I mean, that's 20th century, or (IIRC) just before depending on the level of tech maturity you require. The 19th century ran on pistons.
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Steam engines? Plenty of those ran the Industrial Revolution factories.
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You said turbines specifically. Parsons invented those around the turn of the 20th century.
Before that, it was the chugga-chugga kind of steam engine. They're a lot simpler to design and machine, and don't require the really high RPMs to operate, but then again can break in many different ways a turbine can't.
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