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April 09, 2012
You're suddenly transported back to 1000 BC
What's the most advanced machine that you could possible construct?
With the background established I'd do the following:
0) (before any machine is made) Learn the language of whatever civilization I'm thrown into so I don't kill myself by being ignorant.
1) I would obtain some tin and copper and smelt it together in a crude forced air furnace to make some bronze (basically rocks in the ground with a leather bellow). I would have to experiment to make the optimum (or pretty close) quality of bronze, testing the quality is super simple (hit it with a predetermined weight, see if it breaks). I like bronze as the materials are not too hard to get (tin and copper).
0) (before any machine is made) Learn the language of whatever civilization I'm thrown into so I don't kill myself by being ignorant.
1) I would obtain some tin and copper and smelt it together in a crude forced air furnace to make some bronze (basically rocks in the ground with a leather bellow). I would have to experiment to make the optimum (or pretty close) quality of bronze, testing the quality is super simple (hit it with a predetermined weight, see if it breaks). I like bronze as the materials are not too hard to get (tin and copper).
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Posted by Ghost of a flea at April 9, 2012 06:27 AM