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Just for fun: any culture with silk could have made lighter-than-air hot-air balloons. And the way to prepare strong inorganic acid compounds was known then. Co
by superkuh 2y ago
Just for fun: any culture with silk could have made lighter-than-air hot-air balloons. And the way to prepare strong inorganic acid compounds was known then. Combined with metals like the tin in bronze it could produce hydrogen which could be trapped in oiled silk.
- otabdeveloper4 2y agoSeems like a huge waste of tin and silk.
- superkuh 2y agoManned silk hydrogen balloons as battlefield surveyors played a hugely important role in the american civil war. But yeah, it might be a bit much given the very remote sites of tin mining for most of the bronze age. Other metals like iron also work but are almost equally scarce at the time.
- OJFord 2y agoIt would have been quite extraordinary for transport at the time.