11-28-2009, 05:27 PM
There is a modern washer that is made somewhat similarly, and serves a similar function. They are called finishing washers. Although they are not used with rivets these days typically (though they could be), they are used with pan-head screws, and for the same reasons the Romans used the bell caps. They are more decorative, and do not damage the materials that come into contact with them. Sometimes you see them in older model cars in the place where the door panels attach to the metal structure of the door.
In no way, historians, does that imply that there is a specific connection between the two objects, put down your pens. It also does not validate or invalidate the use of any particular terminology concerning the new or old versions of this article of hardware. It does, however, indicate that as Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have written, "Form follows function."
In no way, historians, does that imply that there is a specific connection between the two objects, put down your pens. It also does not validate or invalidate the use of any particular terminology concerning the new or old versions of this article of hardware. It does, however, indicate that as Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have written, "Form follows function."
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
