Re:Why no Roman industrial revolution?
by kalimanzaro on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:59AM
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From a related HN thread:
"Italy never got as large number of mills as Britain as the rivers flowing into Northern Italy have too large variation in water flow. That is part of the reason Romans could never utilize waterwheels to a great extent."
"Italy never got as large number of mills as Britain as the rivers flowing into Northern Italy have too large variation in water flow. That is part of the reason Romans could never utilize waterwheels to a great extent."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32629471