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Working in high-performance composites, this is fantastic work! It never ceases to amaze me how some of the oldest technology was composites, and how much we c
by toss1 4y ago
Working in high-performance composites, this is fantastic work!
It never ceases to amaze me how some of the oldest technology was composites, and how much we can do with even basic materials - it doesn't have to be carbon fiber and epoxy to get great results, in this case linen and rabbit glue makes really effective and lightweight armor.
Sort of related, the Mongol's archery bows from Genghis Khan's time were also amazing pieces of engineering available materials into high-performing tools.
- klyrs 4y agoAs cool as this is, the historicity is questionable. > But Peter Connolly's reconstruction was based on a mis-remembered, twice-translated summary of a Byzantine chronicle which did not mention glue, not on an ancient text, artefact, or depiction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linothorax https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linothorax
- toss1 4y agoInteresting - doesn't disprove it, but certainly makes it at best a very flimsy basis and a long conjecture. I wonder if there were any other things made with such composites of binder and fibers or fabric, or if this is really a long shot in the dark
- throwawaylinux 4y agoNot fabric or clothing, but composite bows have been around over 3000 years (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_bow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_bow), and make really long shots in the dark.