Dr John | How the Forgotten Tech of the Pyramids Influenced the World Today #shorts #ancient #history @DrJohnDev | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Ever wonder how the Egyptians built the pyramids without modern machines? 👽🤣
Documented by the historian Herodotus and later elaborated on by the genius Leonardo Da Vinci, the Egyptians used a lever-system that incorporated a counterweight. The Herodotus machine cleverly positioned the fulcrum of the lever slightly offset from the block’s center of mass. In this way part of the block’s own mass was used as a counterweight. This ancient device utilized the mechanical advantage of using counterweights and forever changed the course of history.
In the Middle Ages, the concept of counterweights evolved and found its way into siege weaponry, particularly the formidable Trebuchets. These powerful machines could launch a flaming 200-pound projectile nearly 1,000 feet away, playing a pivotal role in the crusades in Europe and the Mongol Invasions in China.
Fast forward to modern times, and counterweights have become indispensable in various aspects of our lives. A few examples include drawbridges, construction cranes, stabilizing skyscrapers, and even the crankshafts of car engines. The Egyptians were truly ahead of their time, and their technological innovations continue to influence our world today.
If you want to learn more about this often-overlooked, silent technology, be sure to stay tuned for my upcoming video. I’ll work through the specific physics and mathematical details of the mechanical advantage of lever systems incorporating a counterweight. We’ll also see just how much force the Egyptians would have needed to provide using a Herodotus machine.
Subscribe to my channel to catch that upcoming video, and let me know if you think of more examples of counterweights used in society at large.
#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #gizapyramid #giza #herodotus #construction #lostcivilization #archeology #ancient #ancienthistory #ancientmysteries #history #mystery #pyramid #hypothesis #science #alternatehistory #megalithic
Ever wonder how the Egyptians built the pyramids without modern machines? 👽🤣
Documented by the historian Herodotus and later elaborated on by the genius Leonardo Da Vinci, the Egyptians used a lever-system that incorporated a counterweight. The Herodotus machine cleverly positioned the fulcrum of the lever slightly offset from the block’s center of mass. In this way part of the block’s own mass was used as a counterweight. This ancient device utilized the mechanical advantage of using counterweights and forever changed the course of history.
In the Middle Ages, the concept of counterweights evolved and found its way into siege weaponry, particularly the formidable Trebuchets. These powerful machines could launch a flaming 200-pound projectile nearly 1,000 feet away, playing a pivotal role in the crusades in Europe and the Mongol Invasions in China.
Fast forward to modern times, and counterweights have become indispensable in various aspects of our lives. A few examples include drawbridges, construction cranes, stabilizing skyscrapers, and even the crankshafts of car engines. The Egyptians were truly ahead of their time, and their technological innovations continue to influence our world today.
If you want to learn more about this often-overlooked, silent technology, be sure to stay tuned for my upcoming video. I’ll work through the specific physics and mathematical details of the mechanical advantage of lever systems incorporating a counterweight. We’ll also see just how much force the Egyptians would have needed to provide using a Herodotus machine.
Subscribe to my channel to catch that upcoming video, and let me know if you think of more examples of counterweights used in society at large.
#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #gizapyramid #giza #herodotus #construction #lostcivilization #archeology #ancient #ancienthistory #ancientmysteries #history #mystery #pyramid #hypothesis #science #alternatehistory #megalithic
