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[GreekIslandGirl]

The Greeks invented the railway!

"The oldest, man-hauled railways date to the 6th century B.C, with Periander, one of the Seven Sages of Greece, credited with its invention."wiki



Choo choo ...

[supporttheunderdog]

The Greeks invented the railway!

"The oldest, man-hauled railways date to the 6th century B.C, with Periander, one of the Seven Sages of Greece, credited with its invention."wiki



Choo choo ...

not all he is credited with and some even say he liked his meat cold.....I think that is just dead boring of him,,,,

[GreekIslandGirl]

So the great British Empire brainwashed natives into believing the Brits invented railways. Myths! Where are the royalties?

[supporttheunderdog]

So the great British Empire brainwashed natives into believing the Brits invented railways. Myths! Where are the royalties?

Sorry but the patents ran out 2600 years ago so its Royalty free. In any event firstly the Grecian Diolkos wagonway had grooves not rails. The earliest railways using wooden rails probabaly developed in Europe in the 13th Century, but the major developlments were probably British with metal covered wooden rails emerging in Britain in the late 18th Century and short matal rails in 1820. While Herod of Alexandria described the aeolipile, a very primitive steam driven toy, in the first century AD, 1700 years later the the British then developed the first workable steam locomotives which turned railways into an efficient means of transporting larger quantities of goods (and people) over large distances over land.

[CBBB]

So the great British Empire brainwashed natives into believing the Brits invented railways. Myths! Where are the royalties?

Sorry but the patents ran out 2600 years ago so its Royalty free. In any event firstly the Grecian Diolkos wagonway had grooves not rails. The earliest railways using wooden rails probabaly developed in Europe in the 13th Century, but the major developlments were probably British with metal covered wooden rails emerging in Britain in the late 18th Century and short matal rails in 1820. While Herod of Alexandria described the aeolipile, a very primitive steam driven toy, in the first century AD, 1700 years later the the British then developed the first workable steam locomotives which turned railways into an efficient means of transporting larger quantities of goods (and people) over large distances over land.

Then British Rail came along and buggered it all up!

[supporttheunderdog]

So the great British Empire brainwashed natives into believing the Brits invented railways. Myths! Where are the royalties?

Sorry but the patents ran out 2600 years ago so its Royalty free. In any event firstly the Grecian Diolkos wagonway had grooves not rails. The earliest railways using wooden rails probabaly developed in Europe in the 13th Century, but the major developlments were probably British with metal covered wooden rails emerging in Britain in the late 18th Century and short matal rails in 1820. While Herod of Alexandria described the aeolipile, a very primitive steam driven toy, in the first century AD, 1700 years later the the British then developed the first workable steam locomotives which turned railways into an efficient means of transporting larger quantities of goods (and people) over large distances over land.

Then British Rail came along and buggered it all up!

I blame Beeching....

[kurupetos]

The Greeks should pay ME compensation. Periander was my (great*78) grandfather.

[supporttheunderdog]

The Greeks should pay ME compensation. Periander was my (great*78) grandfather.

Propbably mine too give or take a few generations, as having regard to to genetic theories there is a prospect that if he has any living descendants he is an ancestor of most Europeans, if not most people in the world, as will be many of his contemporanoeus humans who have currently living descendants..... see eg

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/news040927-10.html
and the paper itself
http://tedlab.mit.edu/~dr/Papers/Rohde-MRCA-two.pdf

[kurupetos]

The Greeks should pay ME compensation. Periander was my (great*78) grandfather.

Propbably mine too give or take a few generations, as having regard to to genetic theories there is a prospect that if he has any living descendants he is an ancestor of most Europeans, if not most people in the world, as will be many of his contemporanoeus humans who have currently living descendants..... see eg

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/news040927-10.html
and the paper itself
http://tedlab.mit.edu/~dr/Papers/Rohde-MRCA-two.pdf

Just pay and cut the BS.

[GreekIslandGirl]

The Greeks should pay ME compensation. Periander was my (great*78) grandfather.

Propbably mine too give or take a few generations, as having regard to to genetic theories there is a prospect that if he has any living descendants he is an ancestor of most Europeans, if not most people in the world, as will be many of his contemporanoeus humans who have currently living descendants..... see eg

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/full/news040927-10.html
and the paper itself
http://tedlab.mit.edu/~dr/Papers/Rohde-MRCA-two.pdf

Oh what? So you're Greek now - after telling us for sooo long that we are not Greek, now you wannabee Greek!