The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.
  • BlueÆther@no.lastname.nzEnglish
    681·
    9 months ago

    Quick lime as a ‘concrete’ is nothing new, or newly rediscovered though… The story seems to come up every few years, and anyone that has used a fluidised lime boiler knows how good quick lime is at forming concrete.

    • Brcht@lemmy.worldEnglish
      58·
      9 months ago

      And, coincidentally, every time the story comes up there’s a company ready to sell you the magic roman concrete.

    • Deebster@programming.devEnglish
      16·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, I was thinking it’s like the “Voyager Has Left the Solar System” story - we’ve heard that several times over the years, and probably will again.

      • GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukEnglish
        16·
        9 months ago

        To be fair, we keep expanding what we class as the solar system. Poor old voyager keeps getting the goalposts moved!

        • baronofclubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          The year is 76,014. Voyager still hasn’t left the solar system. Also, the solar system now contains Proxima Centauri.