Timeline for Lifting water from a subterranean lake by boiling it?
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| Mar 13, 2018 at 15:06 | comment | added | Willk | Moving water up out of mines was one of the earliest applications of steam engines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_engine There is no reason you could not make the steam from geothermal heat. | |
| Mar 12, 2018 at 21:57 | comment | added | sphennings | @dmckee There were already human and animal powered pump systems in use but the OP seems pretty set on using a subterranean heat source to power it. | |
| Mar 12, 2018 at 21:55 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | While this is true enough it may be too optimistic about low-tech steam engines. Efficient steam-power is hard without precision manufacturing. Hero of Alexadria's steam engine was a toy that required more labor to haul wood than at could have produced even with a efficient gear-box (which also wasn't available). | |
| Mar 12, 2018 at 21:25 | history | answered | sphennings | CC BY-SA 3.0 |