Not so much an 'alternate history', more a 'is it possible'??
Was looking at something else and came across a wiki post about Erasmus Darwin
en.wikipedia.org
It seems he drew up an idea for compressed oxygen hydrogen rocket engine.....
In notes dating to 1779, Darwin made a sketch of a simple hydrogen-oxygen rocket engine, with gas tanks connected by plumbing and pumps to an elongated combustion chamber and expansion nozzle, a concept not to be seen again until one century later.[22][23]
Is this feasible with the material of the time?
Does it have any potential??
Was looking at something else and came across a wiki post about Erasmus Darwin
![en.wikipedia.org](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fb%2Fbe%2FPortrait_of_Erasmus_Darwin_by_Joseph_Wright_of_Derby_%25281792%2529.jpg&hash=b9e979eb9a1b7603a4864944291ee9eb&return_error=1)
Erasmus Darwin - Wikipedia
It seems he drew up an idea for compressed oxygen hydrogen rocket engine.....
In notes dating to 1779, Darwin made a sketch of a simple hydrogen-oxygen rocket engine, with gas tanks connected by plumbing and pumps to an elongated combustion chamber and expansion nozzle, a concept not to be seen again until one century later.[22][23]
![1779 compressed oxygen and hydrogen rocket motor Eramus Darwin.png 1779 compressed oxygen and hydrogen rocket motor Eramus Darwin.png](https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/data/attachments/199/199442-0a6c79557a3736b6a7496cce77e9ae46.jpg)
Is this feasible with the material of the time?
Does it have any potential??