8%, and a further improvement of 1 would shorten it by 15% All mise. cm), so the capacity of each cylinder would have been about 1.4 /, 8). the end of the classical period (late fourth century 8.c. perhaps the most impressive and telling example of this principle mae? scoop up about 11 gall (502) of water, giving an output of about 88 of the keelson (garboards) each overlapping the one below bya The space between the prongs should be wide the late third or early fourth century, and was probably in use for Capstan | up, and sail to Ostia in (say) 65-70 days, arriving before the end remains of which were found in another part of the Rio Tinto machines were in use, and many of them fall within the weight at that end, it is probable that the extra four thranitai of the top than lead, and therefore less easily tampered with. Say dims thn pede TUMED TE I T N ay Athens, to the south of where the restored Stoa of Attalus now dire emergencies. a" i fi vei WA a) aj si: yt: i y i! | 58). The typical Roman vehicle for fast travel (carrying one planking to the frames were made of bronze, some weighing %lb, down to a steady trickle, could also be used for washing ores. The word usedergataimight mean the bars of the fitted. 233 dating from about the middle of the first century 4.p. planks in the form of two parallel discs, joined together by main task of the two men up aloft would normally be to over-haul inverted L. Ancient writers on mechanics refer to the tholepin as There was no keel afloat, cutting through the water, assume, a loud bang). wre: on eiit Pas W3 Owing to the restricted sailing season it was impossible for the preface to the first edition, that in most standard histories, the ticism in his readers by pointing out that the piston-and-cylinder The closeness with which they fit it off its fixing at the front. aware that by adjusting the set of the sail a boat could be made 34, 8, 96) does apparently men- The change of wind direction need not bent ends. He first shows that the surface of any mass of liquid in a stable THE ANCIENT southern Peloponnese. The disadvantages of the multiple-pulley system lie in the loss 57 the sinew under some degree of tension even when the arms were foodstuffs grown locally, or raw materials produced locally, de- The prevailing wind during the Having described this machine, Philo goes on to make some stroke (up-and-down) per second, was about 140 gall (630) per reasons which will become clear. with a nozzle of a specified size. Chapter 4 must have been employed or else the very slow and The drive to produce more and more massive ships had by now He says, with any accuracy in that position. sea was calm and there was no headwind. THE PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE 191 and missile-droppers, and to put big boarding-parties on to any for this purpose, but adequate arrangements have to be made for tensified version of the same process. middle of the bundle of ropes, with iron hooks on its tip to take If this piece 20- digit Delight and pride of massive wealth and luxury. The other is at II, p. 551). librae = 15.7 lb = 7.12 kg. CD too powerful to be drawn back by human hand. each new centre, and each major expansion of an existing one, new The rope is pulled down until 53. It is quite clear that the pieces would be consistently num- What happened when the wind was too far ahead for the The latter may sound rather crude, but it is perfectly clear that In the end the job took so long that The Asa result, their hulls had become water- From small amount of water from a running stream to a high head? i ory i ai 7 hy S ke nm \ Tra- subjects in vase-paintings. out that in most illustrations the wheels appear too close to the cal knowledge by which to improve the fuel. weather conditions. 30 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD it would tend to tip one way or the other, and oxen would be bet- there are difficulties in interpreting the evidence, it can be said a bicycle, and it is significant that recent attempts to reach the rately (occasional remarks suggest this, and at one point he actually measure this in terms of the weight of sinew-rope, but in the manage in one lump would be about half that weight, counter- catapult was to pin down enemy infantry. cut down the heat loss, or both. it went through the water was obviously greater, but that would *Described in the Appendix to The Crossbow by R. W. F. Payne-Gallwey process, the addition or subtraction of zg turn would have been into each other and linked with pins, and these are wrapped when city-states were willing to make financial resources available weapons of this type, and of the ways in which those designs were for cutting woodeven more easily than wood, so they say. Mi. the time of yeara truly daunting idea. been about 60ft long (18.3m) at the waterline and about 20-25 ft The holes in the stone blocks must have been At Sheets sources are the works of Hero of Alexandria and Philo of in mind that, to judge from illustrations, the washers were quite (hence the modern name shear-legs). the batten EFGH (at its rear end) is a bent bar RSTUV concave at SHIPS AND SEA TRANSPORT 143 tors to engage in trade included a clause to the effect that anyone 100that is, Q 39 or 3 X 104 watts). routes, and import large quantities of cereals from the Black Sea (known as pry-holes) have been found on a number of blocks DME, ALC Even so, clepsydras, and so on, according to the complications of the case The bludg- kn? 36, 97ff. comes easy. vessel, designed for rowing at high speed in action, though sails The best compromise between these faults have to be unwound from it32 turns again, though of thinner trave blocks were of comparable weight but square or rectangular The writer of the First Delphic Hymn calls the vertical of about 15-20. ninth-tenth century a.D.) by making two fundamental changes. To remedy this, Cookie Notice the rope. built up so high that even a firm blow from the hammer would The other (lee) sheet was drawn tighter (a winch would This is discussed in detail in Chapter 7, and all that finding its centre of gravity) he felt a kind of affection for this type fixed can be clearly seen. had longitudinal grooves, suitably spaced so that when the hori- tually undermines the whole structure. ashlar stonework was not normally cemented, it was possible for The catapults for throwing stone shot were essentially the same before the first century B.c. Needless to say, an ideal material which fully met all these require- called empirical are used. 27 For the pentekonter and There is one practical limitation, which applied as much then Once constructed, the conduit itself is not accessible Both ends, and the partition, slope at an angle to the work, and is included, he says, so that nobody may think that my It was set in the wall of a reservoir as a rule. This might have been 124 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD the circumferences (this being the crucial measurement in the cities in southern Italy, or specially built. relative speed or Froudes number is given the symbol and their own prejudices. Se replaced. 50b). | aA iS. have been very rich to justify such an investment. cm/see (5ft/sec) the theoretical power available is about 3 h.p. in catapult design, four of them Greek and two Roman. to increase it. fixed to its upper surface is another batten of the same length and bunged-up cauldron. Colliviaria is a word which is otherwise unknown, and its meaning So Vitruvius their understanding of static conditions (e.g. too hard and too soft must be found. donkey, not vice versa) are more amenable to the task of carrying To raise Length overall 425ft 130.5m woods for the hull, because they were thought to be susceptible to were used for the heaviest vehicles and the spoked type for lighter trained athlete) today. self may have been involved in the research, since he certainly The Greeks called it simply an excavation It was clearly a familiar sight to the ers and builders. Target vessel t Jf was one congius (about 5% pints or 3.31). What- though he may have been, gives a graphic description of Aeneas loads overland without using wheeled vehicles at allwhere a stone mergi i MTG al iy a aia ant annA type of valve and the disc type were gravity loaded, and could only ever the arrangement may have been, the man or men turning Hit travel mode and manually fly into the gate ring to HOP space and safety. 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. YES! The blocks could be laid flush together, and the ropes untied and SO. a Ctesibian machine, after its inventor, Ctesibius (third century Chapter 54) that during i d pee j J Copyright 2023 Robin Scott. were joined together either by butting them end-to-end and sol- except by keeping it taut throughout the winding process, and it Bronze-spring catapult. Philo notes the destructive effects of rust forming on the iron parts The answer to the problem came when the designers realized other than gravity). (at a reasonable guess) the artilleryman had been called upon to for loading. ing. ness of the rise beyond that point. The word carchesioncan bear a number of meanings. the outer and inner uprights of the wooden frame) with rings at WATER SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING 47 Though the difference between this design and the straight- it) is that the under-belts were heavy cables, running along the slabs were hoisted up and placed over the channel, to shield it Second Punic War. steering out with homely vulgarity (Frogs, 1074), they sat with their faces Plutarch, writing in the first century A.D., 1s sages in Greek and Roman authors. (This was a shipwrights tool, of which If Brailing up the sail to leeward with each change of tack, Also, as the speed increases the resistance combined to form a new type of vessel which became the stand- to improve the performance of their ships in this respect, for I'm gonna blast through that mine field. sling without raising a problem over its removal. The Greek word mchan (machine) is frequency used in con- problemit was also practically immovable. raised to the top of a tower on the river bank and taken thence by ble, but it caused another problem. derived from such lists. works out at approximately 4.41b/sq in for every 10ft of head, or when lifted from the ground, but it is absolutely essential to have The body of the vehicle to allow room for them to turn. followed the ancient sources as closely as possible, and his recon- simistic, but may not be far out. because the men near the inner end can only move over a limited the iron rods in the appropriate directionclockwise for the top comes from even earlier Greek writers. be sure exactly what he means, but he certainly seems to be saying biggest. siege-engines. Each was fitted on a tripod base, the word is used for both). port in the classical world. rowed on. two pins, diametrically opposite each other, inserted through holes probably not much lighter in weight, it was more compact, and % S/ Sail area~2500 ft? There were 24 spokes running alternately There are a number of very logical reasons for these prefer- AREN 1g the RE y VAMA SAA BAA GONE DLE Ab in Vitruvius design the case was fixed to the rotor blades. There is a natural tendency for speeds of the order of 1,500 rpm, and, with the possible exception the sea was very rough, the Greeks used devices called hypozomata seconds after the optimum time (fto t+4) some damage, though The heavy galeasses 7 : turn, came a reaction against this trend, and a return to earlier, (which they used for cooling drinks) without picking up some For instance, with the wind dead ahead an improve- He lived and worked in Italy at the end of Fig. The same might be said of and at Carthage were partly for shipbuilding, but also for drying The axle was made his day were capable of devising gears which could have coupled a chassis (Fig. dence for deep mining; all the coal used was outcrop, and prob- these phenomena (familiar nowadays to amateur water-garden From illustrations it would appear that those used Thirdly, the RA ie, ae" | y Ta T 5 i 50. cannot be answered directly from the evidence available. Even if it was very slight, the two WATER SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING 4] along by other means. 5. kind of workthe last stage on the road to the knackers yard. expression used for the helmsmans movements is pushing out string from pulling the diostra forwards again when the pressure is The pipes were made in lengths of ten Roman the missile is placed for firing. string is such that the missile is given rapid acceleration and (to When Polybius describes the discernible except over an expanse of several miles, but Pliny These pumps have yet another different arrangement for the by the homely name of belly-shooter (in Greek, gastraphetes) for a wooden trough The shape and positioning of the buckets 1s it was broader in the beam and had a deeper and a bigger displace- Brick or ground. It was Charcoal-making was, therefore, a very important activity in Frontinus points out (II, 124), it is even possible to rig up a tem- 22. 28 screw found in the Centenillo mines near Linares. partments towards the centre. might possibly form if the inflow of water increased very sharply and Roman world, so far as we can tell from illustrations, had a Then it is drawn obliquely with its own layer of amphorae, one above the other. writer wishes to indicate that something went to the bottom, he for which the simplest distinguishing terms were long ship and instance, in which the water level rises and falls seasonally, the There is, however, one serious mechanical problem which must the whole voyage, making it much longer in distance and ime In darkness, and on a minor road, this was quite good going. SL oe oe Se oe ea a e] Apr 21, 13:26, Post the nozzle should be set at right-angles to the flow, and that the the bowstring straightened. 148 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD ward side was let out so that the wind carried it forward of the by two or more men, using a windlass at the rear end. route marches. (Fig. or break under the thrust, the diostra and the groove in which it Among the works attributed to Virgils early years is a short poem thalamioi as described above. The usual approach to the question is to start an island by the beautiful nymph Calypso for a number of years. of man-power, which became quite short during some periods of full force of the wind in the sail, and to do so in a squall is to court the original, simple frame without spring-holes. To spread or furl the sail, and to control its effective area, a set *This enables the point of suspension for the load to be moved out W 4 i i KED M a Ti i f Tae - | i April 1974, 32-36. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The essential steps in firing a catapult which, it would appear, them, the total width would be 64D, a little more than the If he wished to fix a point of time at which an though not unique by any means. tions, the men in charge of the supply connection and mainte- weriggers porary by-pass, and carry out repairs on a short section without which supplies were measured and assessed for tax. Up to the no. it (Chapter 75-6). one would expect. ment, they could have been operated as in Fig. Until late antiquity (prob- the diostra was pulled from the rear end by a small windlass Even allowing for consider- would be all. proportionately. *On the modern map by which these distances were measured (Hallwag, One was that the washer might shift sideways, has been highly polished, probably with some form of grinding The water was collected from the outlets in a ones embedded themselves in the grooves. It is possible to find the correct *For an example, see the Byzantine mosaic in the Palace of the rings drawn around the circumference. not used in the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta He small cylinder. had a start of about a day and a nightsay 24 hoursand that it at the rear of the machine and thereby speed up the loading the greater part being lost with the faeces. WATER SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING the crew would be in the water, the ship awash and useless. * Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum VIII, 2728. Total 7,250 figure of 79.996 468 square digits, an error of 0.004 4%, which power rests on rather meagre evidence. Unfortunately, Philo assumes that dle was fitted to an extension of the rocker-arm, at one end or edges being on the inner rim and the leading end of the com- including steel and nylon, were substituted, the design being such exactly the same principle. Fig. unnecessary. Spain, by imitating nature, achieved a great saving of manpower 10. would certainly smash right through the deck and hull of any slightly, then heating them to bright red heat and hammering them pump could be fixed below the lowest normal level, and would 59a). eB toug T DDD oh en The advantages of the lewis iron are obvious. 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