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Re: OT: Wheels (Was: Clockwise without clocks)

From:Rodlox R <rodlox@...>
Date:Friday, April 15, 2005, 15:16
>From: Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: OT: Re: Wheels (Was: Clockwise without clocks) >Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:12:55 +1200 > >On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:07, Tim May wrote: > > Roger Mills wrote at 2005-03-31 15:09:26 (-0500) > > > > > H.S. Teoh et al. wrote: > > > > [...]
>That's a given. Stone tools are great - don't get me wrong there! - but >they >are not suitable for the tolerances needed to fit something tightly >together. >And it also has a bearing on the timber supply - stone tools can only >supply >in low quantity. Metal tools can cut a greater quantity with the same >amount >of effort. And that is also connected to smelting - smelting takes one >heck >of a lot of wood.
to be fair, it takes a lot of wood to prepare the limestone needed to build Mayan pyramids. (different type or quality of wood?)

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