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Guy demonstrates that Greek scientist Archimedes' design for a steam cannon would have worked.

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1/6/2007 10:33:39 AM

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Wr3ck : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

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608 days ago...

i don't think they had those things in greece back then. Canisters..

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Heinz von Helicopter : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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608 days ago...

Maybe not historically accurate, but pretty cool that it actually worked. Unlike the attempt on mythbusters . . . but then again, mythbusters do have Kari Byron, and I'd stick my ramrod in her cannon anytime.

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chinup : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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607 days 23 hours ago...

Archimedes .. is the man .. when the roman soldier cracked open his skull the world lost soooooo much .. some of the only writings of his were sold for over 2 million a few years ago .. & they were in the form of a dismantled prayer book .. a monk had erased his writings & chopped up the sheets of parchment .. wrote trendy prayers on them & sold it for a pittance ..

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thesuperdude : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

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607 days 23 hours ago...

sooooooo much better then the "mythbusters" plus one of them is running like a child

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1MONKEY1 : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

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607 days 21 hours ago...

Using solder on a large scale not going to work too. Heck mythbusters way worked on the small scale but on the large scale didnt.
All so,getting it to fire doesn't really mean it works. The reload time for this is still much to long to be of any good.
good upload 4-5

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chinup : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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607 days 20 hours ago...

1MONKEY1 / who said you would only have one ? rather 1000 stones than one big rock .. seems to me the already had the catapult .. anyhoo

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1randomguy : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

Craptacular proves nothing and the cannon/explosion was shit. 2/5

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HellGuard99 : LVL 3: VP 1.2: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

Brilliant!

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bloogaloog : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

lol @ 1.15.

Who uses a computer box for a blow torch stand, next to something that could explode? :)

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1MONKEY1 : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

chinup ummm you would use all your military budget on a weapons that fires once hour (or so) and doesn't even at the time shoot a exploding projectile?

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erico : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

He looks like Prince Charles or even that face for MAD.

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nickc : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

What would be the equivalent of a sealed canister in Archimedes time?

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Skaree : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

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607 days 17 hours ago...

Archimedes lived around 200 BC, the first idea of a cannon came about around 1100 AD, I think that is pretty damn impressive. And what would it matter if the projectile exploded or not? Original cannon balls were simply that, balls. No explosions, no nothing. If this had actually been built and Archimedes hadn't died when he did I imagine we would be a lot farther along in technology than we are today.

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