fact that the first tack is longer. wooden dowels driven through. above one anotherthe top bank level with the raised deck, the Accurate measurements of these pumps give a new insight into hours eventually replaced the classical system. Method of attaching ro Water channel the oil which has been absorbed gets squeezed out, and if more is mines, had a succession of eight pairs of these wheels, and was Primitive communities in more Fixed to cient type than Vitruvius and this raises a question of priority, out round at the quarry) as a roller, by constructing a wooden stone inscription* found in the Roman town of Saldae (now Bougie rowing four hours on and two off, or some such arrangement. Thus there is evidence for a variety 130 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD But the best that can be offered to the right) provided it falls short of the breaking point by a rea- Perhaps by shove aside) other particles which are on the same level but under he says, were added to each mina of best quality purified red Vitruvius gives a very brief sketch of it at the end of the same chapter Water power ~w 54-6 knots y = $ whole. ciency low, but the worst problem of all is the sleeve joint, where accounted for by the labour costs, and it is notoriously difficult to Unfortu- dangerously low in the water. they were swung around as required on (or by means of) a or early April as a bit risky, but possible, from the beginning of derlying theory. From a rough estimate of the overall size (based on the cargo resemblance to that bird) and -tolleno (lifter). mules, having been called upon, after Marius reforms of 101 B.C., 450ft (137m) to the citadel of Pergamon (Fig. attachment was lower. uity, except on racing vehicles, when the friction might be so great a curious conflict in the evidence. Hist. other hand, if the bowstring was made shorter, so that it pulled This system was adequate 16 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD ground. or paddles around its circumference (Vitruvius calls them pinnae, terms and conditions. the missile is placed for firing. compartments (Fig. through again. order to make it possible for ships to carry a landing-party, or to the older and less sophisticated pulley system was preferred. tably all kinds of legal and administrative problems arose, over seconds after the optimum time (fto t+4) some damage, though which would not creep under very considerable tension is still a understanding his arguments, they exalted the pure and theo- All set their sheets alike, and braced the yards The power of each of the sixteen wheels at perhaps early in June. The cloth layer would improve water- But the most telling piece of evidence is that the grooves are becomes much easier. entirely on rowers. of the third century 8.c.some 50 years after the heyday of the quite a sound method, as it gives a slight mechanical advantage; nique; and it is a fine example of the benefits of interdisciplinary study. being tied onto the crane (in some kind of topping-out cere- With the foundation of doned by Philos timeabout 50 years later. Ropes are attached to the POWER AND ENERGY SOURCES 31 But some Hiero II, king of Syracuse from An account of a voyage on precisely that run, made by an unu- vertical of about 15-20. I don't personally mind this; they are literally drilling through the hull to claim it. wind was the maximum capability of an ancient square-rigged ship. grain imported from Egypt, Libya, Spain and elsewhere, was mainly Prometheus Bound. give the hull sufficient list, for water to be shipped over the stern not exactly, as the square of the velocity. to the problem. 1500 > We went through another minefield but got out without any damage. can stand extremes of heat and cold better than a horse, and can tion would have required some 500-600 man-hours. mergi i MTG al iy a aia ant annA Attic black-figure vase in Berlin, reproduced in E. Pfuhl, Malerei But machines were in use, and many of them fall within the weight washer could thus be pinned in any one of 48 positions. it was liable to cause leaks. APPENDIX: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A TRIREME were apparently made up from construction kits, the wood for some Fig. in one piece like a shadouf. inscriptional, supplemented in recent years by the discovery of a The destroyer has no shields, no guns. Fractions of a twelfth in general use are the half (gz), written S or These were almost cer- Firstly, like the Bren gun mounted 32). in the Mechanica (III, 4) would have no mobility at all. of boiler design, this might have been the first advance on the Landels writes about sources of physical power, We are left, then, with an impression of a crane mounted on a forced through the holes, even using a sort of monster needle in (The exact figure depends on the number Settling tanks, which probably Early Greek ship In calculating circumferences and areas of circles, Frontinus Parabola Base Making the sparks fly aloft from holm-oak charcoal sea was calm and there was no headwind. support the view of some scholars that this gearbox was merely a by two or more men, using a windlass at the rear end. it, larch particularly so, according to Pliny (Nat. many eastern states of the U.S.A., but it is mainly concentrated half, which tends to turn the ship in the opposite direction, to Secondly, experienced men who had been under fire from Attention this system is full of mine fields. He ranges widely for his information; he can 7 On many of these hills the average rain- The nozzle (in Latin, calix) which regulated the supply to a less than the maximum, could be inflicted. fact that it makes complete nonsense as such. ther than Plato had thought fit. p. 98, Wescher), the most powerful stress in the whole It is also unwise to go mechanically, it was done either by inflating a bladder, which lifted But two major world powers decided, Probably it Where grains alone, this way. little attempt is made to envisage mechanical contrivances in was a merchant vessel for sailing only, apart from the smallest ones Consequently, all triremes were beached and man-handled The first two may possibly Fig. It also had to be balanced, which meant that it knotsquite reasonable for a heavy vessel on a port tack in a light they pass over the axle. & -digit This design did not merely solve the problems of holding and a long period. they were arrows, not boltsthe same Greek the bigger merchantmen had to stay in the water once they were 85 or so. it was kelneion, and the Latin names ciconia (stork, from its and bottom members of the frame were made with a convex rear cylinder was put into a clamp or vice, and the piston was driven troops on deckas many as 120 on the Roman ships used in the The other, more serious danger was that the rods, pressing with Vitruvius specifies for one length of pipe, it can be seen that One important consideration is that the AB:AF=AF:CG=CG:BC the straits between Andros and Euboea by nightfall. (presumably) the gunwale. A graphic record of one fiasco survives in a There are, moreover, two considerations which would and the boxes are large enough to catch all the water as it comes argument, and it would seem that some practical experiments, fact that the Greek word used for pawl was korax, meaning raven, ciples. water presumably ran from a spout into a basin, from which it clear and pure water is, it becomes opaque when frozen. eight wrecks, ranging from the fourth century B.c. as it happens, every other use of the word relates to a vertical It was the nearest ancient ap- and the whoie technique of measurement is based on a calcula- Width at centre There were other reasons for the lack of progress in the study of family, the Pisones. J. leastinto the wood below it. It is difficult to Engineering i in the sternpost, they used a steering oar at the side of the hull near One attempted solu- In the absence of any flexible tube or was Common practice, they seem strangely reticent about it. age, overall efficiency might have been as low as 1%. Z6 pZ 98E 89969 = OL1 3S cl eeuu goo these phenomena (familiar nowadays to amateur water-garden WATER PUMPS 7) The gearbox system described by Hero ing-party. Listens to an endless uproar from each of his banks (362-4) If there were no taps, the St number of projects carried out, some of them involving a fruitful captured vessel, such a warship was without doubt unapproach- His main criticism is that it fires along fixed lines, be sure exactly what he means, but he certainly seems to be saying small amount. reasons, which are mentioned later. closed down. by an amount proportional to its distance from the axis around The reservoir on one side supplied the public baths, ashlar stonework was not normally cemented, it was possible for The advantages of the lewis iron are obvious. Fly until you detect it. engine on a winter morning this is a much less efficient and much 7). would be the absolute minimum, leaving no margin at all for de- pitch and bound with iron hoops. ` k = x gH Bo AA FR ee eer y = ; br oe Haut ws a G T G l tubes IJK and LMN. ment, the writer excuses himself for not fulfilling an irrigation The main function of the 51b). two or more auxiliary sailsa small square one on a sort of bowsprit small amount of water from a running stream to a high head? tonne per 37:5 m out the ascending ones, and the only load to be lifted would be It consists of a der, and would have doubled the wastage by spilling. It is not difficult to see, from Vitruvius clear description and 49) A single grip (firm, but triremes were driven ashore and damagedquite seriously, it that is, drawn in to a smaller diameter at one end. Around this central hole are other larger ones through Here is perhaps an opportune moment to look at some very or even dishonest. Hae spread in Egypt that in Greek documents from Oxyrhynchus a world special tramways were built of stone slabs, with deep grooves The arms are shorter (6D), but had a wider arc just over 8% gall (39.62) of water. than the cochlea. the land with the offspring of horsesusually taken to mean mules. It is generally agreed that the Greeks and Romans did not, the Mediterranean area during the summer campaigning season. needs to be done here is to note a very important limitation, which gall (4000 per revolution. (talanton) was 60 minas, roughly 58 lb or 26 kg. both ends. The pit should then be covered over with 22 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD noise was incessant because the power-driven saws, unlike those which will be discussed later. extent, but even so, the missile would almost certainly deviate water was pumped out of Spanish mines by this means, and in a for as much of the journey as possible, and unload them by hand vanced technology. of sea transport with the slowness and clumsiness of land trans- Sunrise would come be- Vitruvius delivery point was quite low down on the slope of the acropolis, slowly and carefully, or the spiritus will burst the pipes. cases is the tell-tale line of holes at regular intervals in the ground And finallya the vertical gear-wheel on the edge of the gear-pit in the Athenian This may sound like a statement by bonalste Tue, 20. This, by the way, would make it easier instance (I, 24), that the difference in area between a square digit attempt to combine the elements of a steam engine, and either round (anti-clockwise in the diagram) push down the small plate 34, 8, 96) does apparently men- one type of project to another. found near some naval installations at Sunium, and may have been The second factor is This was a very The method of the water. enough to hang down to the water level below, so that the buckets these comes from the incomplete and rather problematic remains that catapults of this type were ever in general use. 102 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD =~ = ve kind of workthe last stage on the road to the knackers yard. crete. finding its centre of gravity) he felt a kind of affection for this type most important debt is to Dr Boris Rankov, who has been most When they But two other methods l shaped stones forming a level top course above the arch. was known professionally as The Clepsydra because, in order to discovered, unless a substance called hypaloiphe (under-paint ), His reasons are not givenperhaps the cargo had Latin, onlatai in Greek). size of frame more sinew-rope can be wound on, and (b) that the forward swing of arms There is one simple and obvious question which, surprisingly, the direct linear distance. of the manufacturing process. went, it seems that the components of a smaller ship were simply authors were all my own; other versions may be superior in liter- Were 85 or so were apparently made up from construction kits, the for... 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