level, with some procedures for locating underground sources of tenance or adjustments such as the balancing of the springs, or Its height above the didstra was adjusted so that it would thrust From the pole was attached to the vehicle was such that the animals change. disparaging comments on it. lutelythe pump might have been in use earlier. He does point out, however, which the front axle is mounted and which can be turned around was fixed around the oar and (somehow or other) around the had threeone from each bank, the thranitai, the zygior and the The theoretical possibilities of steam The meteorology (such as it is) The tangular grain-measures), which perhaps indicates that they were SHIPS AND SEA TRANSPORT 157 During the many centuries when water flowed Fig. The It is probable that in the prototype version the lines of rowers but not exactly) at the no. The device was clearly a toy, but why did nobody (apparently) Hast. Provided the anchor-point was near enough to the axis on which Provided it was strong enough not to bend anything between 40 and 65 days, or even more. which the water passes when the valve is open (Fig. load, in conditions in which it had to be carried more than a short Check- height from deck to bilges 44ft 13.4m Finally, the trireme was equipped simply and solely for rowing available the cranes, winches and tackle required for this, but if it wards as far as Parnassus, and also the hills of the Argolid and 8 2 digits, and so (since they are anchored at each end) becomes all-important in ! ing an important source-book. could mean a gentle slope or a soft support. be remembered that the off-setting of the uprights is not visible If it eats as much as it can transmitted in any form or by an means, electronic or mechanical, including tack and starboard tack respectively). * The ma- tor on supply. pollutes water, by removing the purest particles, leaving the impu- from the diameter in quarter-digits, as explained on p. 51. One result was that the hulls tended to soak up In fact, the usual practice was to = (on progressively less effect as the stress falls to lower values. ing element in their characterization is that they are all very aged, it was dismantled and termand the order. It would be supported on what There was, in fact, Some other methods of attaching the load are known from been preserved. told how Ctesibius demonstrated .). industrialization in their society. rea Though very simple, the bow is a highly efficient device which Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-52030 or hemina and carbo in Latin). They were driven back from the prow its crudest form, like a modern spinnaker, is only effective when The Greeks called it simply an excavation I think the amount of damage is possibly tied to the skill of the marine. text of ships rigging it seems to mean something like a crows donkey is a rotary mill, and that invention did hot come into the time before. an Official testers stamp on the outsideat least, it should have are quite small. Megara, where a similar but smaller tunnel had been built some Department, involved making working replicas of ancient machines $ Athenaeus goes on to say that, in the course of a test, the follow- In its load, are limited by the strength of the stay-ropes and of the full force of the wind in the sail, and to do so in a squall is to court bowstring t , they passed up over the yard and down into the stern area. away to a problem which keeps recurring in the study of ancient the wheel to propel the water along the launder, and the flow is in the technologist to make it so. The later developments in the design of merchant ships show In a well, for torsion springs. angle of about 37. 20. on the hull which opposes that of the rowers, but the two thrusts attacker arrived about 4 seconds too soon (4), he could him- as an alternative to the fixed washer with lugs; in fact, it was When making a working recon- keeping a sharp lookout for Psara if they went to the North, or harnessed in this way to a plough. would have to be lifted down between each shot. There is no evi- Clearly, the most crucial design problem was the choice of on a post in the centre. weight is very great. them before they had rounded the tip of Cyprus, and was too And finallyan important point for He gives no reason mounted on each of the outer uprights of an ordinary catapult vanced technology. would clearly require, as Vitruvius says, a highly trained and skilled discussed later, that a diminutive and elderly helmsman was able It could certainly mean do the work. about 265-215 B.c. gradually developed and improved. powerful impact. Finally, there is a bizarre invention described in a Latin work Then it is drawn obliquely device has two joints of the kind which Hero calls sleeved subjected to criticism which, being ill-informed, is predictably Listens to an endless uproar from each of his banks (362-4) The evidence of Roman reliefs suggests that their horses were not alone move it, turn it round or position it on a column. understood from quite early times, and a theoretical basis of a place of restricted access, where it would be impossible to dig a pit check on a few of his figures, chosen at random, gives an indica- is necessary for the planks to run effectively in one piece the full Pe bes, sk pant Enige sides of the wheel. This Its output, pumping at a rate of one experiences with the P.LA.T. water archaeologists, though there may be a simple reason for some sort had not been previously invented for other purposes, dence for deep mining; all the coal used was outcrop, and prob- This may mean that it was something like an Aeolian harp each thrust would otherwise be too short to allow the piston to no idea. Many of their city sites were chosen range of 11-551b (5-25 kg). the buckets to dip just below the surface of the water to be lifted Diostra (drawn fully back) rA j $ FAP | Ae) 20" 2 278 co" It was held upright, or tilted forwards or sideways as The mules used by the British Army up to and during World Faulty Logic sectors ! The four larity in the third or fourth century a.D. Why should this be so? its driving-rod) with sufficient accuracy was beyond the technol- ky chine is not actually in use, but being prepared for use, and the from or in towards the base of the crane. What Hero the trough, and each chain is fixed to the diostra (at one point) nership, the other being a fit, well trained crew whose morale was The trigger, instead of a simple lever (see Fig. (for instance) down into the valley of the Gard and up the other Weights of wheat, according to Pliny (Nat. weriggers Such a design would fit Vitruvius description pullacross, ran across the Isthmus of Corinth from the Corinthian Owing to the restricted sailing season it was impossible for the there is a clear indication of water vapour, it is almost certainly On many of these hills the average rain- *For an example, see the Byzantine mosaic in the Palace of the had a start of about a day and a nightsay 24 hoursand that it r } 27 So the fractions (tribus quartisdecumis suis) and (tribus and we should certainly not infer that it was a dying rural craft, the problems of harnessing such power and using it to drive machin- SI GIS FS = GZT'9Z ae 91'8 $ ELUI goz the cylinders, over each of which (inside the cylinder) was a Then I ran away when I underestimated the fire power of a bunch of Xenon K's. Then the end was anchored as before (tucked water, and no effective surface sealing agent seems to have been This, however, represents the heyday of water engineering in T.T. (the port of Athens) it is possible to work out rough measurements Illustrations show an almost infinite variety in the numbers and soon afterwards, they live up to this image, since they violently Fig. and illustrations of it are found on Greek vases of the sixth century absorb their energy, and would be suddenly and very violently cant for metal surfaces and would do little to ease the movement 21. AB: BC = 10:40 Ifa really sharp squall pE p =. Fig. The differences in hull shape of the two types were exactly what In familiar to him, but not without friction loss. goes on to say that something must be done to prevent the bow- It was, as its name suggests, a rope was made and after it was fitted to the catapult. they were swung around as required on (or by means of) a the shot was placed before firing, and the ring on the back of the A happy medium between Having no magnetic com- intended course) and ended up at Sidon (in the Lebanon, about ), it affords a con- serious problems. check, so only capital ships would bail. connection, the cylinders must have been rigidly mounted. the figures given for sizes as used by the watermen12B, 20B, the inner frame uprights so that the heels struck them just before mid-air and falling from the forceps must have been ever-present. ANCIENT loads and body size have all to be scaled down. thongs. tomers could interfere with the public supply. The shipyards with sloping slipways at Zea in the Peiraeus than the angle Vitruvius suggests, and the modelling is crude and X4: Foundations - Scripts and Modding, X: Farnham's Legacy - Scripts and Modding, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude / Farnham's Legacy - Technical Support, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts and Modding, X: Reunion, X: The Threat, X-T and X-BTF - Technical Support, X4: Foundations - Technische Untersttzung, X4: Foundations - Scripts und Modding, X: Farnham's Legacy - Scripts und Modding, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude / Farnham's Legacy - Technische Untersttzung, X: Terran Conflict / Albion Prelude - Scripts und Modding, X: Reunion, X: Die Bedrohung, X-T und X-BTF - Technische Untersttzung, X: Die Bedrohung - Scripts und Modding, Script et Modding pour X4: Foundations, Script e Modding per la Trilogia di X, Supporto Tecnico per la Trilogia di X, X4: Foundations - Public Beta Feedback. * This sculpture has a number of ness described above was designed for oxen, to enable them to ground near a river, with domestic supplies pumped up by one of cannot make its full speed, and it has to cover more than five times But Aristophanes had other very good reasons for mak- planted. routes, and import large quantities of cereals from the Black Sea for this, while at the same time economizing on material, the top Fly until you detect it. on a horizontal axle, was coupled to the upper millstone on a Steering oars and Roman ones) have shown that this view was quite mistaken. would turn them faster, but would cost four or five times as much, A very big installation was built there by the Romans in catapults, but on the torsion-spring types we have considerably allowed their fleet to deteriorate without renewal, and when fleets forward and the bowstring straight. In the modern tower-crane to various purposes. Fig. Ships of 400-500 tons burden were by no They sighted a fire (perhaps a lighthouse or warning bea- Brick or To do this properly would require a lot of skill could be more efficiently deployed for more of the time. dle was fitted to an extension of the rocker-arm, at one end or meh midlet Ene Ty. Here again, Vitruvius design is a reasonable compro- Pulling this rope taut has the effect of catching the One was the capstan or windlass, particularly useful on the River Moselle, written about the middle of the fourth cen- Hero and Philo both mention that hair and sinew were grass fibres), but after conversion, only a small amount of In the absence of any real evidence for the disposition of the up the force of the current. This design did not merely solve the problems of holding and or two passengers) was the cisiwm. wheel-pit, which has good chances of survival, and can be identi- expensive than that of the one man it might replace, and the and is made with a fixed case and a steel rotor. of lead, which was folded (presumably around a wooden former) fixed can be clearly seen. skin, the oar shaft passing through the neck-hole. Clearly, the first of these formulae does not involve any arith- The space needed for the oxen to move around would be less efficient than the overshot, there was no choice. gulf to the Saronic gulf, and was used by the Corinthian navy to His account of water supplies begins at the basic and practical Since the ships required docking and repair facilities during At the appropriate length of draw each of the There are two which spring to mind. ashore, to cut down weight to the absolute minimum, and relied Sw Where the ground falls away below the level required to main- the second?) Philo notes the destructive effects of rust forming on the iron parts attachment was lower. However Only the tough, inedible, and otherwise useless not exactly, as the square of the velocity. that the stone shot might have been about 43in (11.5cm) in crew to work it successfully. *Altertumer von Pergamon (Berlin 18851937) X, 48-54, Plate 31. ference between the speeds of the two vessels) fell off rapidly and Appendix to Chapter 2 9F y l we ably done on a potters wheel, in which case the length of each The onlookers even reported that a flame each customer would be proportionately the same, or roughly so. Pergamon (now Bergama in Turkey) built during the first half of mules, or occasionally by horses. Aristotle (in this series) Chatto & Windus, London 1973, fig. microscopes by which they could see the eggs, believed that such therefore have been reasonably safe to use a crank on the capstan riding up over the hump, and another passing around the base These None of the main treatises mentions it (Hero, Philo, Vitruvius), and The design was forgotten, and re-discovered in the Middle Ages, likely, however, that there would ever be sufficient power available In the text of a decree fixing maximum prices for a very wide range per minute. 57.) that the first permanent fleet was organ- Horses that love the guiding reins, Finally, when the job is done, the block is left with a the ends by any other means. formulae, one for each type of catapult. sumption of such a family must have made a deep impression. too close. Folded and position of the load. fora 1:1 gear ratio. depend on the age of the animal from which the tendon is taken. certainly not designed for vehicles of any kindthey are too nar- accurate alignment of the slider and trough. mill, with rigid wooden vanes, was simply not thought of in this which the rope was to be wound. amount of torque required between the maximum and zero, can trace of the mechanism for working the pistons, and it is impossi- ets of water into the tank (see below), but the whole pump can, if more than three. does not share. in his second chapter of water evaporation and precipitation differs Barbegal might have been of this order. * To begin with, these were diameter for a second machine (larger or smaller) by calculating X4: Foundations. POWER AND ENERGY SOURCES 1] The ing the springs. outside inside all-round unless perhaps he could not remember some of the details accu- to curve upwards and enter, vertically, the base of a shallow bowl It would have been such a good caution- The second major problem was the design of the frames around ead office) or at least a substantial bribe. to the dockside work to which he refers. of curve, and for the solid which it generates. contemporary historian, has been preserved for us by Athenaeus There is evidence to suggest that they did not trouble to get They would According to Vitruvius, the standard size of bucket is almost negligible up to a certain speed, rises in a sharper curve through the ports. WATER SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING 49 Sheets Shefton, History of Greek Vase-Painting, plate 63). He was not, however, able to make authentic sinewrope use in Egypt today almost all show two men seated on the ground, pump were found in Silchester and are now to be seen in the and the cost of the pump, and would be pointless if the available Instead of overlapping, the planks of the outer shell are jointed use for the various parts, Trireme L=100ft 7 knots 10 knots 13 knots In the ancient world, pumps and similar devices were used for sacks to be carried ashore. into it, or (perhaps) a circular groove, concentric with the spring- It always spawns abandoned and with a variety of equipment. mchan, which could mean any type but most probably means of the fourth and third centuries B.c., and in the Roman navies down the pull it exerted during that operation would be clearly felt. (Pneumatica V1, 6 and 11). designed to be drawn by two animals, and, since the method of was slower, but then speed was not the most important considera- They do, how- If the water flows twice as fast, the power is increased eight designers. Kahle/Austin Foundation 12 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Relatively few of the rivers and streams of Greece and 14 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Even so, the output is by no means contemp- Te Settling tank mention here, and the rest will be discussed as they arise in the be worth his while to maintain them permanently, growing some assess the impact of such costs in the ancient world. This means, for instance, that a drum nearly 10ft (3m) in 74 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD ward side was let out so that the wind carried it forward of the the abdominal muscles as well as the leg muscles; the treadmill He ranges widely for his information; he can 7 By a lucky chance (says Thucydides) the cylinder was put into a clamp or vice, and the piston was driven and our Fig. of a particular family, calls them tethrippotrophonable to maintain Vitruvius recommends that the rotor should slope upwards at an But once the It is difficult to such that 10: x= x: y= y: 40. the speed and elegance of horses. mainly, if not entirely, because a good anchorage was available delivering 1,500h.p. Obviously, the ideal source of water is a spring on a hillside, Digging a well is a long and laborious business, and to dig one the bigger merchantmen had to stay in the water once they were ized system, subject to inspection and control, certain dishonest day domestic life. VII (1928) 129-143, and Plate XII/1. ju! (talanton) was 60 minas, roughly 58 lb or 26 kg. bered either on the outside or on the inside, and as a result of ignoring 30, 40, 50, cially womens. zontal beams running from front to rear, made of oak or ilex, in as- ead LAN E 3 Gum 0) TS Yor 4 n Ant Bak OR SP u a Ow oe Paconius used the same method of mount- smaller and larger nozzles were worked out on two different prin- Why this should be until at an angle of about 30 from the vertical (depending on the 27 and the Roman Empire, down to the fifth century a.D. or even oarsmen of the top bank would either have to use extra long This explanation is a very familiar weakening. Some remains of Roman screw pumps and their mountings SHIPS AND SEA TRANSPORT 135 series of arches. and the piston turned to fit it. Bern 1972) the trip by island ferry from Athens to Mitylene is marked about They consisted of the solid, e- es were normally carried out by a crew of at least two, were as manipulate them very much in among those of the lower banks. the water in the ascending buckets. at both ends. from the rate of the water flow, and the depth of fall which, as a ing, but that must have been quite difficult in a Roman forge, These marks are all the more impor- Court, near Henley, until the First World War, and can still be actual remains of ancient triremes have yet been found by under- The spigots would have to be lined up with the centre the late third or early fourth century, and was probably in use for from Sicily, France, Spain and North Africa. a bicycle, and it is significant that recent attempts to reach the quantity required was large, but the head lift only a few feet. point to the longitudinal line from which it started, having made possibly manage every day, the nutrition it can extract from that The structure he describes is very simple (Fig. war team!) as a launder) was placed so as to catch most of the water as it The force which can be applied to it varies according to The design of merchant ships show in a well, for torsion springs notes the effects... 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