How to Steal a River

Re:How to Steal a River by dredmorbius on Saturday March 04, 2017 @05:53AM (#13790324)

I'm fairly certain Roman concrete also relied on chemistry as an alternative to thermal energy in its manufacturing process, as thermal energy simply wasn't as abundant to the Romans.

The longevity may simply be a fortuitous consequence, though a highly significant one.

(A topic I should add to my research list.)

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Re:How to Steal a River by lostlogin on Saturday March 04, 2017 @04:01PM (#13792907)

Roman engineering was also rather more overengineered. You compare their columns to modern or say gothic ones, and they clearly have a lot of excess strength.

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Re:How to Steal a River by dredmorbius on Sunday March 05, 2017 @06:16AM (#13795507)

Overengineering doesn't buy you much if your substrate is disintegrating.

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