tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post1141872024232765371..comments2023-06-05T02:58:09.181-07:00Comments on T = Time: The Baghdad Battery (A True Story)Matsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14075673733386181090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post-44353904808908630232011-09-13T11:02:16.971-07:002011-09-13T11:02:16.971-07:00Interesting. But consider..the screw driver was &#...Interesting. But consider..the screw driver was 'patented' 2300 years after the oldest screw was used in home construction. Sometimes a novel idea just isn't picked up by any inventor's contemporaries?tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post-33445421396138496302010-02-24T06:33:43.000-08:002010-02-24T06:33:43.000-08:00The Baghdad Battery is one of the most controversi...The Baghdad Battery is one of the most controversial issues that history has, and for it to have been a battery from over 1,000 years ago, would be no different than the Sumerians knowing about all the 9 planets before the "Common Era" did.Toshiba Laptop Batteryhttp://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/Toshiba,Laptop,Batteries.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post-17556525197512228542009-10-27T19:57:56.736-07:002009-10-27T19:57:56.736-07:00That book looks interesting, Ms. Fagan. A time tra...That book looks interesting, Ms. Fagan. A time traveler visits the colonies. Something like that would have made history more enjoyable for me when I was in junior high. <br /><br />Thanks for the heads up.Matsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075673733386181090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post-29330844728399241652009-10-27T14:49:09.677-07:002009-10-27T14:49:09.677-07:00Yes, I beleive you might have hit on the idea that...Yes, I beleive you might have hit on the idea that a time-traveler would have needed a battery return to his own time. I also enjoyed the comment that had he known<br />about it he would have traveled back to retrieve it. But then again, perhaps he had to leave it behind or our future would have changed and we would not have this mystery to discuss. <br /><br />I have been studying time travel for awhile and have even written a time travel novel with a great of true, history and wit in it. And a discussion of time travel by Ben Franklin.<br />By the way, it was Benjamin Franklin who built the first working battery in 1752.CL Faganhttp://www.clfagan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post-70338553157771516022009-10-27T07:34:56.655-07:002009-10-27T07:34:56.655-07:00The time traveler who left the battery behind went...The time traveler who left the battery behind went BEFORE 1936.<br /><br />If the time traveler went after 1936, he would be aware that his battery was discovered, and so he'd go back to dispose of it properly.<br /><br />However, if the time traveler went before 1936 (when the battery was discovered), he'd never have known that he had left the battery behind, and therefore would not have gone back to retrieve it.Robert Vollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275044623767553681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8540484915710987134.post-15782269959568129872009-10-24T14:46:04.782-07:002009-10-24T14:46:04.782-07:00I have edited the post. Apparently some people too...I have edited the post. Apparently some people took me quite seriously when I said "what? Do you need more proof than that???" <br /><br />Don't worry I am not so ignorant as to think the fantastic idea I came up with is the the actual explanation. In fact this is a blog where I often mix real physics with science-fiction, seriousness with fun. <br /><br />To avoid any further misunderstanding in this case, the last line was changed to say "It's an interesting idea at least".Matsbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075673733386181090noreply@blogger.com