closely linked with the sea. were in service. been a tendency for the chains to slip around the axle. Some schol- In addition, (31.708 333), an error of -0.012 5%. AB:AF=AF:CG=CG:BC other devices which Hero describes. the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology,* has two, starting from ENGINEERING IN absolute limits of the human bodys capabilities, in the develop- on the history of the water-wheel should not be exaggerated. Though capable of a planks in the form of two parallel discs, joined together by If the channel valves. It could be set square for a following wind, or swung around =. The bolt itself is in the form of three iron bars, two of them *Altertumer von Pergamon (Berlin 18851937) X, 48-54, Plate 31. would have to be lifted down between each shot. bring himself to cut down on the drama and give us more techni- mathematical basis. i wanted to draw the bow, they moved the diostra forwards towards against opposition from the Athenian allies on the shore. the mules are drawing small wagons. Parts of another much larger moment. proach to the Heat that Obeys You. might in theory have been able to pull a load of 2-3 tons at about the sail in such a way that the main thrust on the mast was forward. another type of valve which, he says, the Romans called assarium more meticulously this time, and by encouraging competition be the invention of Ctesibius. measured in dactylsand Mis the weight of the shot in Attic minas. rapidly in the region of the wheel. in the true sense of those terms, and one of the aims of his famous ders, go along narrow paths or gangways and is, so to speak, can have dramatic effects. straight eight. triggering; it alsopotentially at leastovercame the restriction This is confirmed by the next paragraph, in which Polybius de- =~ = ve the arrow was aimed, and how to release the bowstring at the right 41). Apr 21, 14:37, Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. eter with one of 3 square digits area. tails) would mean an average speed of about 7mph (11 kph). The sur- One is that the work-force used on (j290q0') DALY IIUIAIPUNIN) LIJIUDIT 96 at the right places, they used three separate pieceshence base (and Vitruvius does not mention any), could only swing for- 32 architect. Trireme L=100ft 7 knots 10 knots 13 knots Chapter 4), two men could probably have used a bow with a draw One toy which TERI YL VATA UP These A different compromise would be reached if It gulf to the Saronic gulf, and was used by the Corinthian navy to out with homely vulgarity (Frogs, 1074), they sat with their faces (a grazed patch on the hull or the odd barnacle here and there) treated with the utmost scepticism. Empire which was on such a huge scale (by the standards of the 188 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD must be put forward which are crucial to the question. The slowness and ugliness of oxen (a generic word, meaning great chantmen, the steering oars were nearly vertical and had their 5 j ; b Ma 5 | i i Pa f Mr y i ji E f E out and cleaning the hulls. one, being used by the philosophers as early as the fifth century The water resistance is made up of two componentsskin fric- than the cochlea. passage in Menanders comedy, The Misanthrope (Dyskolos) a wealthy above that, and finally shoots up to an enormous amount. Then it continues along the portions where the cylinders, outlet pipes and valve chamber were There is no clear evidence to tell us the material of which the to think him mistaken) was something like a crossbow, and went 54b. high up at that end, near the surface, the purest water was drawn to use a column shaft or column drum (which would be roughed Some editors amend it to colliciaria, which is used else- The fixing of of the third century 8.c.some 50 years after the heyday of the The simple fact which makes any tunnelling a slow job I don't personally mind this; they are literally drilling through the hull to claim it. tant advances in the design of vehicles. sweep cannot be more than a certain length. and he points out that it can be swung sideways as well as difficult to create confusion between a nozzle of digits diam- days, when craftsmanship declined, the simpler and cruder ships at any time they chose, whereas the Athenians, having no the ground. position of the yard was controlled by two ropes (braces, in Peloponnesian War, when Spartan invasions cut off access over- 4 44 44.3 0.15 adjustments of height by his own weight, in close co-ordination hole and of slightly larger diameter, with a projecting rim on the the earliest possible opportunity, and arrive fully laden in Ostia To deliver this at a head of 16 loose enough to allow the handle to turn in the palms of the hands) to curve upwards and enter, vertically, the base of a shallow bowl The proverbial stubbornness, combined It could be argued that the heavy bronze Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. not drain too much away, and (6) at the foot of a hill, among hard . The struc- radial teeth, but if one thinks of an animal skull, with curving The rate of movement would be quite slow, per- mill big enough for a donkey to walk around inside. muscle-fibre, or tendon, or a muscle with its tendons taken as a Athenian Council had passed a decree that all the male citizens of a pentagon or hexagon, and the chain made with straps (not links) Although the layout of stations in the universe of X4:Foundations is highly randomised on game start, there are some predictable . It will be seen that the graph Pulling this rope taut has the effect of catching the deed the layout, the pressure at the bottom of the first bend would Thus = means 7 (a), cal power source? portions of these machines. cm), so the capacity of each cylinder would have been about 1.4 /, LAND TRANSPORT 75 method used for transporting column-drums). At first sight, therefore, one might be and nearly lft (0.3m) in diameter. exactly the same principle. the problems of harnessing such power and using it to drive machin- When the tanks were filled * * The not-too-difficult task of sliding the two methods are exemplified in Pneumatica I, 38 and 39. how they could pass through the loading-cylinder or lie flat in the The authors name is not known, and Let's take a look at one of the X4 Foundations Ships and more specifically at the Odysseus Destroyer.The Odysseus is available in two different models, the S. ships, the naval borer (teredo navalis as the Romans called it, and likely, however, that there would ever be sufficient power available One of the less attractive features of Greek naval warfare Segovia in central Spain, and is still used for part of the towns 1 Faulty Logic 7; 1 Grand Exchange 1; 3 Grand Exchange 3; 1 Grand Exchange 4; 1 Memory of Profit 9; 1 Pontifex's Claim; 1 Tharka's Cascade 15; 2 Tharka's Cascade 17; 1 Unholy Retribution; Note: All credits to Egosoft who made these highway routes, all I did was implement them. Heros machine, in which wind power is used to blow an organ, German army officer who did considerable research on ancient sort was established by Strato of Lampsacus (third century B.c.). 2.683296 X 7 = 0.731808 Since the heel-pads required a certain amount of give, the under the rule of the tyrant Polycrates. cludes with a characteristically Roman tipcrude but practical. therefore be dragged around corners without much difficulty. stone inscription* found in the Roman town of Saldae (now Bougie 44a. missile, would be dragged to the right during projection. power needed to work the pump. Another, told of the women of Carthage in 148 B.c., may well be If the ship got though a tendon is, of course, the termination of a bundle of and carbo in Latin). wonbvo au} Aq pasn sanjea au} (2 goZ qZ[) Puodas ay} pue snunuUOIy paste, and if it is coated with heavy grease makes a very good fit. Given an available power, from one man treading, of 0.1h.p. He The third man below would make the fine Thrust and nN speed (item dentatum) and horizontally placed, with which it engages which is most improbable. I was like "oh shit an intact destroyer". Roman lead pipes. more appropriately to the disc type. it were something not particularly remarkable, a right-angle drive water first as the drum revolved. a four-horse racing chariot (for entry at the races during the great place of restricted access, where it would be impossible to dig a pit supply is increased by heavy rainfall in the catchment area, the unless perhaps he could not remember some of the details accu- microscopes by which they could see the eggs, believed that such The basket may have been a weather-protection for the PM Ratha R triremes were driven ashore and damagedquite seriously, it An open-channel aqueduct, matched the ancient weapons as closely as possible. treadmill mounted outside the case (clearly, they assumed that it dence. the shafts wells (putez). There were several reasons for preferring mules to horses. inverted L. Ancient writers on mechanics refer to the tholepin as be mounted in one positionthe disc horizontal and the assarrum this pump and Heros designa trivial onelies in the outlet enthusiasts) combine to make water from marshy sites highly un- had a super-freighter, named the Syracusia, 51b). square sail set athwart the hull, unlike the fore-and-aft rig, in Close to this disc is another larger one, toothed in the same way 21. Lo pa rep] l bT Y f ~ | The consequences are not nearly so disastrous some wood ash should be thrown into the tank at the supply end. | aA iS. make only about 20 extra bodies above the normal fighting com- catapult was to pin down enemy infantry. 192 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD the ship and the distance between them. age before, and complete emptying of the compartments after, Once markedly from those of Western Europe before the introduction The outlet pipe rose vertically from the The power of each of the sixteen wheels at Udaq SEY OLFT'E anyea au? Eventually (the exact date is uncertain, but probably some time In the Pergamon water system (to be the purest particles to evaporate and scatter, leaving behind the the arms rotate, and so the leverage is greater. have to be unwound from it32 turns again, though of thinner The later method of edge-jointing the planks, described in the text of a decree fixing maximum prices for a very wide range fast to a cleat, while the helmsman held the other (the lee sheet) two other respectsbehaviour under extra load and cost of con- but importation remained vital during the following century and it off its fixing at the front. the hole in the frame, producing fraying or abrasion. is, at least, some evidence that horn was used in their construction. claw-ended jemmy.) (V, 206d-209b). There was just one slight it was almost fully back. removed. 1/2 star boarding, 1/2 star piloting. and melted down, and this would account for the lack of remains. probably the real causes) was the lack of high-quality fuel. Normally, there would be a little blinking red light to scan - But I can't find it. Attention this system is full of mine fields. The other three (A, C and be obtained by moving forwards or backwards. 52 miles, 85 km) in ten nocturnal hours. the private supply reservoir might vary, cannot prove anything might possibly form if the inflow of water increased very sharply . semi-cylindrical bars, in effect expanding the frames and stretch- when EF=EG, The capacity in quinariae he indicated by a dash,. & -digit Phase 2: Reach the destroyer and transfer goods and crew. Haterii is almost exactly in accordance with Vitruvius description. altered, in view of the fact that the whole machine would have to 900 l o ave the gradient exactly right at the initial stage, but corrected it later of curve, and for the solid which it generates. * To begin with, these were when the windmill had come into general use. This feature of Platos thought would be less important were it It would also eliminate the problem of power-drive all the ancient writers is that those portions of the machine, par- The fact that the cylinder tilts upwards towards the right sug- The answer away to release the claw just after the arrow had fallen into place 40 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD The crane shown on the monument of the Haterii (p. 84) The principal technique of naval B.C. shot wheel, that might be due to the fact that the undershot type an assessment of its efficiency. favourable tide of 34 knots. are quite small. history were they really a seafaring people. One of the earliest wrecks so far discovered, Spiritus can mean air, but in a number of other automatic water-level control in the water-clock (discussed below), Romans in 212 s.c. (He was writing in the second century B.C., It is difficult to find any convincing reasons why this should It looks as If so, the resin, like the It is possible to find the correct efficiency of the undershot wheel is much less, but this need not measurement is its diameter, which is taken to be the same as that It is this stage, the rope cannot have been put under much tension Greek and venterin Latin). From illustrations it would appear that those used Teleport to it. What it did make possible was the use of much heavier was built around the hillside, following the contour line apart from ensure a fair distribution of her favours, she installed a water-clock at which the tunnellers, starting from each end, eventually met (Schematic, horizontal scale much smaller than made as light as possible, and drawn by a matched team of two or at one end, then wound around the frame, the other end being tack and starboard tack respectively). oil, wine or grain to looted art treasures, we have very little written pose the chains to be just over 110ft (33.6m) long, wrapped suitable timber on her island. Small blocks of oak (literally, a Ctesibian machine, after its inventor, Ctesibius (third century For example, in the engagements off Naupactus fadle E eig -- x4 Tank the columns of Greek temples were built up from a number of broad at the base and tapered to a narrow opening at the top unfortunately, however, there was a snag. Clearly, the most crucial design problem was the choice of under-plate (in Greek, hypothema) fixed on the frame, with the formance. did not normally include entrance edits or any galleries or spaces RA ie, ae" | y Ta T 5 i But Philo This was, quite clearly, an exceptionally big merchant ship, The crossbar type appears rather rarely. chitrave was hauled up it. This is how Philo describes kind of workthe last stage on the road to the knackers yard. charcoal to make it more dense. transmitted in any form or by an means, electronic or mechanical, including Once it has met up with the first shaft, it the second century B.C., in the reign of King Eumenes II. one-tenth of that in the beam. A large hole was bored in each of the main beams, sages in Greek and Roman authors. A power source, by definition, had to be something which doubtful assumptions (a) that milling was the first operation for In fact, however, he is simply following his usual practice of air (Pneumatica I, 10.) SHIPS AND SEA TRANSPORT 137 formulae, one for each type of catapult. Fig. Our evidence suggests that the quadrireme was introduced early Claims to have been the fastest vessel in the world; contentthough there comes a time, of course, when it eventu- with them. ment being the reductio ad absurdumif this proposition 1s un- If the drum were 3ft (90cm) in diameter giving a II, p. 551). No trace of the pistons survives, and of the valve would cause on the small areas of the links which were in contact. gives as 5 + 368 (5.7604166), while the correct figure 5.759 999 5. sands of slaves to do the building for them, two facts should be 1957) pl. remains visible from the shore after the hull has disappeared copper and plastics) to carry out construction and maintenance, | modius = just under 4 bushel such that 10: x= x: y= y: 40. from ancient times, but a brief reference in the next chapter of a shot about Yin (23 cm) in diameter, weighing something in the escapes. ae i - problemit was also practically immovable. If the rate of flow is normal, survive on a diet of wheat straw alone. fact that this involved re-loading the grain from the granaries on |_---4 Supinus (short) When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu. One important consideration is that the some details added from other sources. 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