At 20:01 17-02-01 -0500, Dan wrote:
>Relating to Sonja's comment in Brin Digest 1726
>
>I don't think we lost the formula for concrete after the Romans had it.
>But I am SURE that we lost and then rediscovered the Roman formula for
>concrete that will harden underwater.
>
>Concrete is a pretty good contender for greatest invention.
>There's a case for ovens though.  From ovens you get ceramics, bricks that
>endure, and best of all: bread.
>


As well as a tool for genocide . . .


-- Ronn!  :)


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