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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The first heat engines were fire pistons, which go back to prehistory, so 12k to 25k years sounds about right. The next application of steam to make things move happened about 450 BC, about 2.5k years ago. Although not a direct predecessor to the ICE, they all are heat engines.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Fire pistons are so damn cool. Yeah, that makes sense then.