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There's a relevant book from 1715, which I discovered while researching the existence of "ever-burning lamps": The History of Many Memorable Things Lost Which W

There's a relevant book from 1715, which I discovered while researching the existence of "ever-burning lamps": The History of Many Memorable Things Lost Which Were In Use Among the Ancients - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6961227M/The_history_of_many_memorable_things_lost_which_were_in_use_among_the_ancients https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6961227M/The_history_of_many... I believe it does refer to Damascus steel, as well as many other lost Classical through Dark Ages inventions. It digresses into talking about bygone social customs in places, but many of the descriptions are excellent and illustrative.

hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
Fascinating, albeit hard for me to read due to the language. Thank you very much for the link.
- SectioAurea 13y ago
  You're welcome! It did take me some hours to get through most of it. The content is unique enough to make it worthwhile. I was especially intrigued not only by the excellent breakdown of "ever-burning lamps", which are a more or less real thing, but by a mention of ancient Greek water organs, a musical instrument which involved water inside some sort of tubes.