The gospel of white fascism (Part 36)...What do the world's first "steam engine" and the Pythagorean theorem have in common?

I remember about a decade ago, I was watching the “Tavis Smiley” show on PBS, and one of his guests, a brotha, professed that a Black man invented “air conditioning”. Well, that was all the motivation I needed to start researching his claim. And sure enough, the brotha was right—it was Mr. Fred Mckinley Jones, a Black man, who not only created conditioned air, but built the device responsible for “talking” movies. Also, I remembered reading an article, in a magazine about movies, that said Black people made no contributions to  early cinema. Now, being that I consider myself a bit of a cinephile and a Black Nationalist, I intrinsically knew that was false, I just didn’t have any evidence to prove it. But now I do—and that’s just one of the perks of being an older Black Nationalist.

Anyways, I also recall being told by someone, that the first “steam engine” was created by a Black man—so, my curious mind got to researching again, only this time I ran into a bit of a roadblock. Now, when I googled, “who created the world’s first steam engine”, what immediately popped up were the names of 2 white men: Thomas Savery and Edward Somerset.

And wikipedia says, Thom Savery was an engineering inventor, born in 1650, who lived in an area called Modbury, in the United Kingdom. It also says he was born in a “manor house”, meaning, he came from a well-to-do family—supposedly. Anyway, wiki also said that Thom invented the first commercially used “steam-powered device”—that being a steam “pump” referred to as a steam engine.

That’s when I cocked an eyebrow, and thought to myself, a water “pump” was referred to as a steam engine? Hmmmm.

Now, when I read further, I saw that a guy named Thomas Newcomen’s advances on Thom Savery’s “steam engine”, had them working together cause Newcomen’s device fell under Savery’s steam engine “Patent”, that he acquired in 1698. I also saw that both these devices came from an earlier version of a “steam engine”, created by Frenchman Denis Papin in 1690.

But what struck me most, was a reference to an invention that predated all of these, called an “Aeolipile”, and this was also mentioned in the “wiki” article.

And when I researched this, it’s said that the secondary name for an Aeolipile, is a “Hero’s Engine”—and it’s described as being a “simple, bladeless” radial steam turbine, which spins when the central water container is heated (above). It’s also said that this device creates torque much like a tip jet or a rocket engine would, and in the 1^st century AD, a (white) guy named Hero of Alexandria, described how this device existed in “Roman-occupied Egypt”—thus, Hero of Alexandria, was given credit for the Aeolipile’s invention. *shaking head*

Now, beyond the craptastic fact that this white boi took credit for something that already existed, I immediately thought to myself—ain’t it funny how this story is leading me back to Africa—and back to Kemet/Egypt more specifically?

Hmmmm.

Then I thought to myself, okay—let me check out what’s up wit’ this other dude, Edward Somerset.

Turns out, Eddie Somerset was a 2^nd Marquee of Worcester, and was born on March 9^th, of 1602. He was royalty fam. And this guy also lived in the UK—London more specifically. Now, in 1655, Ed authored a book of textual descriptions (meaning written theories y’all—there were no diagrams in this book) of 100 separate inventions. This book was published in 1663, and it’s said that this tome included a device called a “water commanding engine”. Thereafter, some person said this was an obvious prototype for the steam engine. Then, in 1663, someone visited Ed’s workshop, where they saw and described the “hydraulic machine which the Marquee of Worcester had invented”. Mind you, no one saw him build it, or saw him oversee its construction—regardless, this is how Ed Somerset got credit for being one of the inventors of the first steam engine.

Again—Hmmmmm.

Now, when I saw that another name for the Aeolipile was the “Hero’s Engine” and it came out of Africa, I nodded my head and thought, it figures—here’s why…

The Kemetic deity “Heru” (left), was said to be the mythological son of Ausar and Aset (Greeks call Ausar and Aset, “Osiris” and “Isis” y’all). And the name Heru, is where we get the term “Hero” from. I’m sure if you’re a Black man or woman reading this, you’ve seen one or two t-shirts with the word “SuperHeru” on it—well, this is where that’s from. And for those who wanna’ know more about the original “superhero/Heru” story that every magical and mythological hero follows, read the allegory of Ausar, Aset, and Heru sometimes—then note how this story also contains the origins of another religious superhero, “Jesus Christ”.

Now, this “hero/Heru” reference coupled with the term, “Aeolipile”, made me immediately think of Alessandro Volta’s “pile battery”. Now, you may ask yourself, what the heck does Volta’s battery have to do with the African Aeolipile? Welp, it was discovered that Volta learned how to create his pile battery, by studying the African “Djed Pillar Battery”, based on the African “Djed Pillar” symbol (right). And I’ll show you how the Djed Pillar battery works in a masterful video curated by Professor A.C.E. (African Creation Energy), that I’ve kept in my archives for several years.

So, at this point you may be thinking, okay—so what’s all this gotta’ do with the “Pythagorean Theorem”?

Well, let me show ya’…

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher who is said to have lived around 500 BC, and this man is credited with the mathematical equation known as the Pythagorean theorem. Now, this theorem expresses the relationship between the sides of a right triangle. And it basically shows where the square of the hypotenuse of the triangle (the hypotenuse is the longest side opposite the right angle y’all), is equal to the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides of the triangle (above left—and you can click on this pic to make it larger, fam). Mind you, this theorem is also called, the “47^th Problem of Euclid”—cause Euclid, who lived centuries after Pythagoras, was called the “father of geometry” behind his work to solve what’s known as the ratio “3:4:5 Pythagorean triple”.

But here’s what whitey won’t tell you…

The Babylonians (ancient indigenous Black Africans), not only knew, but wrote about this theorem centuries before Pythagoras was born. The ancient artifact known as “Plimpton 322” (left), illustrates these sample “triples” named after Pythagoras. Moreover, in the book “Stolen Legacy” by G.M. James, he states that Pythagoras traveled to Egypt (Kemet) and was taught geometry by the Egyptian priests, and they were the ones who showed him the proof of the square of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. Meaning, good ole Pythagoras didn’t discover this theorem, so his name shouldn’t be attached to it. Moreover, it’s said that the Kemetic priests also trained Pythagoras in musical theories, while he was in Kemet (Egypt).

Now, had I been taught this in school, maybe geometry wouldn’t have seemed so dull and useless.

And I’ve said all that to say this: once you start looking at or for, the origins of any art or science, you’ll find Black men and women at its nascent stages—no matter how hard whitey tries to cover it up.

And this is but 2 examples of that.

So, to the Black men and women reading this, understand there’s no invention, skill craft, or science, that didn’t start with you. And now that you’re armed with this info., you can go to the mirror, look at yourself, and say loudly and proudly…

I LOVE BEING BLACK!

And mean it.

Later…

MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

Here’s the video clip I was talking about, showing our ancient ancestor’s ingenuity behind building the “Djed Pillar battery”. Fam, there’s a lot of text to read in this clip, so if you wanna’ see a larger version of this vid, just click onto the video’s “title”, and that’ll take you to the live YouTube window where it’s currently playing. Enjoy.

P.P.S.

I’d be remiss, if I didn't show you how the “Djed Pillar” has also influenced american cinema—and if ya’ wanna’ know what I’m talkin’ about, you can find out HERE.