Incubator
device · 400 BC · Ancient world
A device for hatching chicks; with a thermostat — Réaumur.
What it is made of
- Thermostat — has part. Keeping the temperature.
- Heating element — has part. A heater.
Principles and materials it uses
- Clay — is made of. Egyptian incubators were clay chambers.
- Combustion — uses. They were heated by fire.
History: what it evolved from and what it influenced
- Infant incubator — evolved into. Tarnier was inspired by an incubator for chicks.