"One must not believe, despite the silence of modern writings, that the idea of using solar heat for mechanical operations is recent. On the contrary, one must recognize that this idea is very ancient and its slow development across the centuries it has given birth to various curious devices."
β Augustin Bernard Mouchot (1878)
βOne thing I feel sure of... is that the human race must finally utilize direct sun power or revert to barbarism.β
"One must not believe, despite the silence of modern writings, that the idea of using solar heat for mechanical operations is recent. On the contrary, one must recognize that this idea is very ancient and its slow development across the centuries it has given birth to various curious devices."
β Augustin Bernard Mouchot (1878)