>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?)