To: GeronL; blam; SunkenCiv
...and that gets me wondering how Roman concrete was invented. I am picturing some government contractor short on his delivery order - “Well, mix some of this dang ash in it. We got enough of that lying around, what with Vesuvius and all...”
8 posted on
07/11/2011 8:33:39 PM PDT by
patton
(I am sure that I have done dumber things in my life, but at the moment, I am unable to recall them.)
To: patton
The Romans got the tech from the Egyptians, though it was a protected secret of the ‘priestly class’. ... just sayin’
9 posted on
07/11/2011 8:35:57 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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