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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 6689762, member: 12789&quot;]As a mechanical device with levers and gears it was a complex machine to have to be manufactured by hand and not with the aid of another machine.&nbsp; The gearing is fantastic, so much fine craftsmanship with very rudimentary tools.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that seriously factors into lost knowledge is the destruction of the Alexandria Egypt library, so many ancient texts and scrolls were lost that one can only marvel at a couple of thousand years of knowledge lost because of a decline in interests and eventual destruction over time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mesopotamians had invented batteries that were using acid as an electrical source, the Romans had coin operating vending machines that dispensed holy water etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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