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Copper tubing
#1
I've not seen or read a lot about the Romans making or using copper tubing or pipes.
I'm sure that not 100% of the copper was used in bronze or used for jewelry.
Someone please enlighten me.
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#2
What would they have used it for? Domestic piping was made from lead or ceramics.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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#3
(08-07-2016, 02:22 AM)Dan Howard Wrote: What would they have used it for? Domestic piping was made from lead or ceramics.

Or wood....  I cant think of a single example of a copper pipe...

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b3q2...da&f=false
Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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#4
Some of their valves and taps were made from copper alloys. This valve was apparently found in Pompeii.

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Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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