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minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·10 days agoAccording to the documentary Futurama it is a tank with crab legs!
minus-squareerie09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoAnd ice cream is just a byproduct
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up18·10 days agoA tank pre-steam power. The force of steam was known about long before, but not utilized. Maybe because the metals weren’t good enough yet to hold pressure? Imagine a steampunk Rome.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 days agoYes, the metal wasn’t good enough, and the manufacturing tolerances weren’t small enough to hold pressure.
minus-squareGraniteM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days ago When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before. –Robert A. Heinlein, The Door Into Summer
Clearly a tank
According to the documentary Futurama it is a tank with crab legs!
And ice cream is just a byproduct
A tank pre-steam power. The force of steam was known about long before, but not utilized. Maybe because the metals weren’t good enough yet to hold pressure? Imagine a steampunk Rome.
Yes, the metal wasn’t good enough, and the manufacturing tolerances weren’t small enough to hold pressure.
–Robert A. Heinlein, The Door Into Summer