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DanBC · 2015-11-14
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There's a (rather old) book about ancient inventions that HN might be interested in: http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Inventions-Peter-James/dp/0345...
DanBC · 2015-09-07
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See the book Ancient Inventions for some descriptions of stuff the ancients had.
