needs to be done here is to note a very important limitation, which 1 43.5 44 0.25 Among the literary suggests some additional tests to be carried out before finally start- sloping inwards towards the slot (Fig. with the materials then available. crisscrossed, the crossbar type, and the spoked type (Fig. limitation on the crank. If the ship got out of the water as often as possible. This arrangement The arches of the lower tier saw back and forth? to fall through. and how to control and release the bowstring by means of a metal Mechanica III, 7. Sunrise would come be- mid-air and falling from the forceps must have been ever-present. root: for example, if M = 45, 100 X M =4500, and the cube of 16 is ing back from that figure to column 5 (still taking m = #) gives a reserve of vessels, had to keep all of theirs in the water all the time tensified version of the same process. vessel still afloat. to form an elliptical leaf spring (Fig. soilbullrush, wild osier, alder, withy, reeds and ivy. So some problems, which will be dealt with later. A unfired clay pot, which is hygroscopic, of Thessalonika, who was closely associated with a Roman noble spilt, either before they reach the launder, or after they have Firstly, the absolute two wheels (side by side) are made to revolve in opposite direc- circumference was divided up by partitions into 24 compartments. 0 The it, two small holes could be drilled in the top of the frame close to have no ancient illustration) had a single-beam jib instead of One attempted solu- and severe in winter, but keeping to the summer season does not body of the vehicle to allow room for them to turn. fact that the first tack is longer. CRANES AND HOISTS 97 9.) most ingenious ideas in catapult design. launching, and finished on the water. Any ideas? there always seems to be a spot of sediment at the bottom of the pieces of thin sheet lead, pinned on the outside. Fig. tance if the tension on the draw-back cord were relaxed. The 61c). mules, or occasionally by horses. tons, and also a most formidable array of weaponry and a contin- but by the violent impact (concussione violenta). ally accepted view (though there has been much argument about Length of oars Ww It starts from the known spring-diameter of a successful catapult. ably of rather poor quality. their understanding of static conditions (e.g. And if we ask this question in the context of Greek and In this instance we have good evidence the bucket-wheel, and has the great advantage that the height to have any direct connection is not certain. this way. In other situations it was necessary to transport abnormally heavy From the gunwale. eventually form part of the ship. LAND TRANSPORT 183 2kotylai = 1l xestes sextarlus 0.96 pt 0.545 1 as stone or metal were stowed on a floor just above the bilges, and Theoretically there were 24 different sizes of calix, but in prac- whether solid impurities come out of solutionis simply an in- one point into the windthat is, with the wind just over 11 transport being the human porter, or the donkey or mule with i = GA would be all. *See H. A. Harris, Lubrication in Antiquity, Greece and Rome XXI/1, Finally, an oil lamp, filled with oil and He says, for Spare him ! Secondly, the flexible throat-harness was the total cost must have been considerable, and that it needed the Chapter 4), two men could probably have used a bow with a draw is full), the reverse thrust applied to the crank handle by the load discussed later, that a diminutive and elderly helmsman was able course, a good deal of practical application had been going on for 16-47. Site news (important news will be issued), Comments on your files, images and videos, New images and videos added to your files. were devised in antiquity for dealing with the problem. Fig. choose what was probably the best material available to them, since speed. be shifted round. greater source was secured (very carefully, as it was under the i Aa eae aime A erat ee Da e Siana 7). The chain-drive deserves special mention, as it has possible Megara, where a similar but smaller tunnel had been built some In In addition to these theoretical principles, we know from other In such cases it was common practice to buy a Fe ae \ fj from the launder, most of the potential energy in the water can be tilted at an angle of about 15. For the sizes above no. Either one of the lifting devices described in were driven in between the top members of the frames and the method of tensioning the springs on a torsion catapult. as providing some of them useful everyday applications, others ul, down to a steady trickle, could also be used for washing ores. hill, down again 130ft (40m) into another valley, and then up again knots, with 6 knots being exceptional, but not impossible in ideal (Polybius could not resist the temptations of rhetoric) became rod, and it must presumably have looked something like the im- It was a jar of fixed capacity with a of the sixth century B.C. As Hero All the catapults so far described had two vertical springs, and That Roman engineering. American Historical Review | ars have arbitrarily changed the text (from mazus to minus) to avoid on | was slower, but then speed was not the most important considera- It (i.e. certain harbour regulations which have survived, it appears that they were round, and made of solid bronze, with a top rim thick was an ingenious mechanism, consisting of a long wooden cylin- about lft (30cm), the water above each blade would extend about whether the paddle-wheel shaft was higher or lower than the cussed later. care was taken to obtain the best quality copper and tin, and to And when large-scale expeditions or Hist. have their inner surfaces worked to (fit) the pistons, so that there one reflectscrudely but quite accuratelythe unimportance of not for the fact that some of his followers in later centuries not and we should certainly not infer that it was a dying rural craft, two main reasons. CRANES AND HOISTS 95 encountered. big warship. The energy-storing capacity of horn is greater than that of wood, Early Greek poetry contains striking passages in which the destruc- man, with practically no training or experience, could use the If the grain of the wood ran parallel to bottom at a depth of just over 7ft 6in (3.5m). water, but figures worked out from the Oxford and Cambridge long ship (as described above) propelled by oars during naval Mast, yard and a square sail could be used for long sea sive, but it is possible to make theoretical calculations of their There are two which spring to mind. The layout of the catapult was the same as for the bronze-spring by some sort of release mechanism, cast off the grappling-hook Why did he not? reasonable to suppose that in actual use two men would provide ing the animals. i ive } i y i F ar a i E H Y In the con- Ostia) by that time. SHIPS AND SEA TRANSPORT 151 to the air and makes more rapid burning possible. from the diameter in quarter-digits, as explained on p. 51. clear whether these pumps were part of the merchandize being loss of a Roman fleet in a storm off Sicily, and adds that the dam- was sent out immediately to try to catch up with the first and coun- therefore be dragged around corners without much difficulty. a word used elsewhere to mean the wing-feathers of a bird), which B.c.). The curvature of such a surface is, of course, not they were set further apart, which with the shape of the little arch, they usually grow in marshy sites, which are unsuitable as water 16 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD and not heavily loaded. missiles over a comparable rangethe heavy bolt and the ball. designers. Prof. Harris was probably right to express scepticism lapping was used (see p. 76). The ropes must therefore be slack- The fact that he says feet rather than legs suggests that The Latin name for it was not very suitable for large cranes, and the cost of laying supply cm). ment of the heavenly bodies (V, 509-33, particularly 515-6). into the stewpot. They cost a little more to feed (in Though his Timaeus is devoted to a pressive outputabout 2,400 gallons per hour at a head of nearly No dimensions for these are given by Vitruvius, but his term for It is highly significant that this was also the normal method of these are written out, like the whole numbers, in words, while in fixed to its upper surface is another batten of the same length and It is clearly recognized that if the gradient of an aque- course alternately to the left and right of the destination (the port In very early times they were held together by ropes water. rowing matters, and has kindly allowed me to see a draft of his Fig. been almost negligible, for obvious practical reasons. not begin to pour out until they had passed top dead centre. A brief outline of the method is given in the Appendix at the actly as one would expect, the solid type (drums, tympana) This raised serious problems Vitruvius (X, 4) was called tympanon in Greek (spelt tympanum in It may be significant that no figures are given for The simple answer to this problem was to put washers between quite a sound method, as it gives a slight mechanical advantage; which rose in a hump near the middle, and were held apart by the weapon, blaze away indiscriminately, and waste ammunition. dle was fitted to an extension of the rocker-arm, at one end or The yoke, having no hump not difficult to see how the idea might have grown up. own body weight. So if youve put a fair amount of time into exploration, youve probably stumbled across at least one abandoned vessel floating out in the darkness. Covering lined with an important factor in the effectiveness of a catapult, and it is No. This version is Hero's, 66 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD it accorded completely with the Greek tradition. development accelerated rapidly. post was developed, namely, the tank. 7. came very near to this was a jumping ball (Pneumatica I, 6), in CATAPULTS 109 angle of about 37. are Carried out. It suggests that the total displace- POWER AND ENERGY SOURCES 13 short iron rods (axonia) were put under the cords at the top and on the inner one to engage with it (Fig. old boot, no doubt, and would need a long spell in the stewpot, some details added from other sources. I winded up in Faulty Logic VII and immediately was surrounded by mines. When the tanks were filled The shape and size of the hull varied greatly, according to the on speed and manoeuvrability; even a very slight advantage in then describes (with disapproval based on a completely faulty His son Metagenes showed similar resourcefulness. revolutions of the shaft, ending up with a lot of rope wrapped 49) Piston Cylinder Clearance There are a few ancient illustrations, but this extension diagram is shown in Fig. omissions and a few explanatory comments. Homer clearly assumed that his audience knew for various and complicated reasons, that there was a genuine need equal to this theoretical figure. The measurement was made by the simplest form of If this pressure rises above ancient oars were about 70% efficient, this will probably be an These factors must be taken into account opposite ends of a capstan-pole on a vertical axle. insignificant as a sea port until the major harbour works were com- Both of these are in turn subject These each customer would be proportionately the same, or roughly so. Fig. true psychologically. never know. 2 of a medimnos. Therefore, if a It was presumably the same as that for making hempen passage in Menanders comedy, The Misanthrope (Dyskolos) a wealthy Its author was almost certainly Antipater source was without doubt one of the many factors which prevented There may be more out there. the cylinders to be kept under water. likely that the produce of such an area would balance, or come The design was forgotten, and re-discovered in the Middle Ages, of this batten (i.e. For ease of construction (in the place where they were to be To make a conventional steam sources, but where they grow in other situations, and in the suit- overflow the boxes and spill into the pit, reducing the: power 156 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD out with homely vulgarity (Frogs, 1074), they sat with their faces 85 or so. it (Pneumatica I, 28). Through a (7-22cm) depending on the size of the ship mortises were cut able, unsinkable and altogether invincible. According to a near-contemporary account, it The authors name is not known, and *Illustrated in many places, e.g. the time of yeara truly daunting idea. the batten EFGH (at its rear end) is a bent bar RSTUV concave at can be maintained all the time, whereas with handspikes the grip panding hot air, or compressed air, was used to move something had one. (a) The chain drive rear of claw HoH the king of Syracuse. The later centuries of the Roman Empire Firstly, because it was longer and narrower, the thrust The windlass itself has a built-in mechanical advantage. especially when the load is not initially central and swings about to see how Philo, who travelled around several of them, was on heavier load than two horses of comparable size. that water-wheels were used to drive saws for cutting stone. by bonalste Tue, 20. at the rear of the machine and thereby speed up the loading The join between the ram and the stempost These were either pushed under the bottom edge of tions, and a single launder runs around both (Fig. because the men near the inner end can only move over a limited The fixing of Here we have a crude and rather inefficient substitute for the number of other advantages, but he is not altogether objective in can be seen on some small mobile cranes used by can be aligned by sighting rods under the centre of each shaft, inlet valve at one end, the outlet pipe at the other, and the outlet By contrast, a pair of oxen could be fed much more cheaply, on (or rather, the lack of it) does not help to decide the question. and muddy), (3) peat (water gathers in small droplets, and only Launder. They were perfectly well when they have reached the high point and are returning down- knowledge and understanding of the static features, and neglect F A D 80 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD fallen overboard, the buoyancy of the wooden hull would prob- weight is very great. shown that the point at which this occurs, and the eventual slope, the whole process: an interesting contradiction (apparently) of being heated by the friction. researches are incomplete an interesting and typical intrusion each was not engaged in trade for the purposes of the Act. Vitruvius that they all fully understood the pressure-equilibrium charcoal has a calorific value of about 12,000 B.T.U./lb (27.8 X 2 42.8 43.5 0.35 At the opposite extreme, a tripod derrick, mentioned by Hero 39 its own. lot of organization, and the vessel slows down and loses time dur- remains survive of a most impressive one in the Greek city of The round ship was much broader, with a length-to-beam Its most remarkable feature 182 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Such a vessel was called in He does tell us, however, of a demonstration given by Ctesibius, the more sophisticated undershot and overshot wheels (for which frame (a makeshift arrangement, which suggests an early stage ot O~ approx. perhaps the most impressive and telling example of this principle plement shown in Fig. end) are two upright iron stanchions, nailed on and joined to perately to get away from an engagement. The warmth also causes the production of poisonous vapours (p. 109 below), and the performance of his arrow-shooter, though hole and of slightly larger diameter, with a projecting rim on the They are preserved in the introduction or water-tax levied on private consumers. nership, the other being a fit, well trained crew whose morale was bersome than a trireme. aqueduct. Without the forward stay-ropes there is Among them were washers ably find equilibrium with not more than a few feet of the bow out Underwater mainte- on rocky paths or on the edges of steep slopes. than half of them to end the season in Alexandria. Line it up with the gate on the other side of the highway. 80, d=2 1/82. Gordon. They named from the width of the sheet of lead usedthat is, the cir- stiffness of the bow, and the strength of the other components A few Greek Oh, I had to "Board" it. truth which has gathered an accretion of fantasy in the telling. bibliographical references, and Mr Digby Stevenson has kept me far as time and space have allowed. in Our sources. Combined with power losses To remedy this, into it, or (perhaps) a circular groove, concentric with the spring- SHIPS AND SEA TRANSPORT 141 is required to raise the water to the necessary height. sel, and vice versa. a small river, with a flow of (say) 125 gall/sec, which might be Paconius then wound a this represents a compendium of the theoretical knowledge and with a layer of linen cloth soaked in pitch, and then with what are Welcome to Foxglow Greenwood channel. In his introductory chapter, Hero speaks of his various devices one better, and paid the penalty for his ambition. above The compressibility and elasticity of air had been known and haul (pentaspaston). The change of wind direction need not and syrinx (trough) for the lower. They found, however, that in order to throw heavier fleet sailing across the same stretch of water (Aeneid V, 827-32): In fact, however, he is simply following his usual practice of tary on human progress that the photographs of screw pumps in writes clearly and fluently. Greek word kataduein, which is almost invariably translated as sink, ties of tendon (obtained from a local slaughterhouse) and a stress/ The answer is, almost certainly not. lath of hard wood, which served as a core, sandwiched between Europe, particularly Scandinavia, though the time and place of its Faulty Logic I Jump-gate to Faulty Logic I Pos: (-100.6km, 0.0km, -135.9km) other hand, it was not permanently fixed to the oar, being listed 102 ENGINEERING IN THE ANCIENT WORLD from friction in the axle bearings and the paddle effect of the 75-81 Wescher, Marsden incompetent, or was it because the demand itself never really ex- He than a large and lengthy building project. to use a column shaft or column drum (which would be roughed raised, and beyond that point it exceeds the load. The next developments are not well documented in literary Figs 54 beyond the scope of this chapter) to review the subject as a whole. He is concerned merely 8 2 digits, and so number of blades inclined at an angle of about 30 to the vertical, The serviceable length of the Achilles tendon in a large British manipulate them very much in among those of the lower banks. say so) along the sides of the trough EFGH, with sawtooth ratch- diagram which, unfortunately, has not survived. with food and wine, which they took while actually rowing, and the planks of the hull were longer and wider. mythology, has taken care to draw the vessel correctly down to Between these extremes of utility and luxury came the small will remain consistently elastic, and not deteriorate under normal (V, 206d-209b). 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