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To: buwaya

Obviously.

But think about it. How would you make so many uniform chips out of solid marble, with no modern tools ?


5 posted on 02/16/2016 9:55:07 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2
"But think about it. How would you make so many uniform chips out of solid marble, with no modern tools ?"

I can't find the photo right now, but I've seen the remains of a Roman water-powered saw mill which cut stone into slabs. Once you have a slab, you can cut it into uniform strips. Turn the strips 90-degrees and cut uniform squares. Easy.

16 posted on 02/17/2016 4:44:56 PM PST by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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