>>6265158>After the library was burnedIn 1698, Thomas Savery, an engineer and inventor, patented a machine that could effectively draw water from flooded mines using steam pressure. Savery used principles set forth by Denis Papin, a French-born British physicist who invented the pressure cooker.
>Before the library was burnedThe first, a steam-powered "pigeon," was created around 400 to 350 BCE by the ancient Greek mathematician Archytas. Archytas constructed his robo-bird out of wood and used steam to power its movements
>Girly nameAlexander is not a girly name
