• Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Not disagreeing with you there, but if you’ve siphoned something you’ve probably done it with a polymer, how the heck were the Romans doing it? You can’t get intestines sealed together tightly enough back in those days.

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      1 month ago

      The Romans would often use lead or clay pipes with either dirt or concrete packed around them to make a solid seal that would resist the water pressure and not burst the pipe like a ripe fruit.