Post by silverdragon on Sept 8, 2015 8:52:07 GMT
Claw of Archimedes, or translated as "Iron hand".
Image of a painting by Giulio Parigi.
Designed to protect the Carthaginian city of Syracuse, its an underwater device that if a ship gets too close it will lift it up and tip it over.
Cant find reference to how it was triggered.... or what powered it... anyone have any ideas on this?...
Wiki says
It also says
But I cant find any video?...
Except this, and I have started the video at the relevant part.
Question would be, what weight on the counterbalance?... is any "crane" of that time that strong?...
Its not can we do this now, its could they do it then.
Image of a painting by Giulio Parigi.
Designed to protect the Carthaginian city of Syracuse, its an underwater device that if a ship gets too close it will lift it up and tip it over.
Cant find reference to how it was triggered.... or what powered it... anyone have any ideas on this?...
Wiki says
the accounts of ancient historians seem to describe it as a sort of crane equipped with a grappling hook that was able to lift attacking ships partly out of the water, then either cause the ship to capsize or suddenly drop it.
It also says
The plausibility of this invention was tested in 1999 in the BBC series Secrets of the Ancients and again in early 2005 in the Discovery Channel series Superweapons of the Ancient World. The producers of Superweapons brought together a group of engineers tasked with conceiving and implementing a design that was realistic, given what we know about Archimedes. Within seven days they were able to test their creation, and they did succeed in tipping over a model of a Roman ship so that it would sink. While this does not prove the existence of the Claw, it suggests that it would have been possible.
But I cant find any video?...
Except this, and I have started the video at the relevant part.
Question would be, what weight on the counterbalance?... is any "crane" of that time that strong?...
Its not can we do this now, its could they do it then.