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Stonehenge Reloaded
Published on 17 Feb 2008 at 9:09 pm.
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Filed under engineering, prehistory.
Wally Wallingford, retired construction worker, Flint, Mich., unlocks the secrets of the ancient world: “Gravity is my favorite tool.” Wally’s also fond of leverage. Combines them to roll, teeter-totter multi-ton objects into place.
Hat tip my old man, himself a great engineer who designed and oversaw construction of projects worthy of the Pharoahs, only a lot more useful.
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