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The Balloons of Ancient Egypt (lemmy.world)
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[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

You know you can make hydrogen out of water right? You just need high voltage electricity.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

Which the ancient Egyptians clearly had

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Likewise, why would they bother with balloons, at all? We know they were highly advanced, it seems more likely they'd just skip to planes?

[–] HeckGazer@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

You need high current, not voltage. Electrolysis of water starts somewhere around 1.5V

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming you subscribe to the Baghdad battery idea? Even that would produce only a tiny amount of electricity if it did at all. It definitely couldn't be used for this or even the lighting idea some crazy people support. It may have produced a tiny jolt and have been used for religious purposes as they couldn't explain the small shock.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I'm taking the piss