18th-century mechanical volcano roars to life 250 years later

ScienceDaily
May 2, 2026, 9:27 am104 ptsTrending
A centuries-old vision of a mechanical volcano has finally erupted into reality, as two University of Melbourne engineering students recreated a design first imagined in 1775 by volcanology enthusiast Sir William Hamilton. Drawing from an 18th-century watercolor and a preserved sketch, they used modern tools…

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