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Re:No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were us... by proee on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:01PM (#29719373)
One of my engineering friends devoted a large portion of his life studying the dodecahedron. He believed it was used as a "fluid scanner" to measure the displacement of 3d objects using water.

https://www.eeweb.com/interview-with-john-ladd/

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Re:No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were us... by piaste on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @04:18AM (#29723225)
Oh man, that brings back memories. Roman System Engineering a.k.a. "TimeCube with Tits"! They still have the original promo 'marketing' on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/29490154
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Re:No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were us... by pnw on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:12PM (#29719980)
Did anything ever come of it? The interview has some wild claims.
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Re:No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons were us... by bbqmaster999 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @09:57AM (#29725330)
Unfortunately one of the principals died of a brain aneurism a few years later https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/billingsgazette/name/jo...
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