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Default Modern Marvels.. Ancient Romans had 1300 psi water?

On May 31, 2:03*am, CaveLamb wrote:
Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:
CaveLamb wrote:


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Ok, but when you have no ZERO and no Decimal Point in your system?


THEN what?


Hire an Arab engineering firm.


ALMOST got my beer, Paul!

Richard Lamb


The commander of this unit wrote that in nomadic tribal regions of
North Africa the locals built NOTHING, if you saw one stone upon
another you could be sure it had been placed there by a Roman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popski's_Private_Army

jsw