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Slave,
If you get the History Channel, do try to catch the show Ancient Discoveries: Machines II.
The episode was very fascinating and had many archeological finds of immense water wheels used for Roman machinery, aquifers, bath houses, and Roman water powered factories. Even a one man powered water wheel under ground in an old Roman silver mine; where the man would walk inside the wheel (like a hamster) turning the wheel and moving great volumes of materials.
Video clips below including Roman ships and flame throwers too...
[url:19oo2kqc]http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Video_Clips&content_type_id=52996&display_order=4&mini_id=52979[/url]
Vale!
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They found and reconstructed one on the Thames a while back. was quite interesting, but can't remember the show it was on over here! :roll:
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Quote:They found and reconstructed one on the Thames a while back. was quite interesting, but can't remember the show it was on over here!
Was that the one that they went round and round about, and never really came to the point?
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:lol: Can't remember that much to be honest, just they found the metal linkages and reconstructed a wheel for raising water........ :roll:
But was an important find I would say, at least to a numpty like what I am!
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That picture above is of the one at the Museum of London, right? Do they still do daily demonstrations of how it works?
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I saw a Roman grape press reconstructed on one of these shows. Then they filled it with grapes and tried it . Worked perfectly. It looked like a giant screw or a vertical vice.
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That is the very beast! Shows how good my memory is..... :oops: Is actually a belt/chain of buckets running over a gear mechanism...I vaguely remembered something about manual or animal power :roll:
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