On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:30:46 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:43:17 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:43:21 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
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They don't appear to have known about this carving of a
construction
crane.
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/x-Sc...Sala01_06.html
They showed a modern pulley block without giving that image as
proof
that the Romans used them.

Wow, cranes, pile-drivers, and pulleys? They were further evolved
than I'd thought. Very cool.

In many ways we didn't advance past them until 1700 - 1800.

Their concrete formula still works to this day.

A Roman Army Knife:
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac...priref=70534#6

Har! And all this time we've called 'em "Swiss Army Knives".

Let's see, ya gotcher spork, a knife blade, a pipe tamper/coke spoon,
a toothpick, an O-ring pick, and a coax stripper in the middle? Hmm,
maybe not. What is that holey artist's brush thingie?

--
Silence is more musical than any song.
-- Christina Rossetti