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Default Roman dodecahedron


"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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On Jun 7, 12:59 pm, Boris Mohar wrote:
Can anyone figure out what was it used for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron
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Boris


Much of Hero of Alexandria's book shows elaborate toys meant to
extract money from the rich, an ancient Sharper Image catalog.

One is a trick cup that turns water into wine.

jsw


I think that Sutter Home picked up on that one. But they can't quite get it
to work.

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