Show rediscovered hit 1110 y is not the only thing that re pots peats itself discovery does the same tile the on temporary review tells u us S that we are not nearly as much ahead of the ancients as it pleases us to believe many of our discoveries are but redis cov coverick erics improved tipon doubtless but not altered in nature the ancients knew of the lightning conductor or at all events the method of attracting lightning beletic soldiers in a storm astora used to lie on the ground first lighting a torch and planting their naked swords in the ground by their side with the point upward the lightning often struck the sword and passed away without injuring the warrior the romans also seemed to have known the lightning rod or on I 1 tile the top of the highest tower of the castle of danio on oil tile the adriatic there was set from the immortal a long rod of iron in the stormy weather of summerie sum summer merit tt served to predict the approach of a tern tem pes pcs A soldier was always stationed by it it when the tea sea showed threatening f storm from time to time lie he put the point of his long javelin close to the rod whenever a spark park passed between the two pieces of iron he ring rang a bell to warn the fishermen gerbert in the tenth century invented eda a plan by diverting the lightning from fields by planting tn in them long sticks stick s tipped with very sharp lance heads in 1662 france was already in possession f of omnibuses omni buses the romans sa bank n it artesian wells even in the saraha in 1685 papin published in the journal des savants savanis an account of an experiment made by one of his friends who caused flowers to grow instantaneously the secret which was not revealed lay in the preparation of the ground message massage 1 li a very ancient practice and was known to the romans liar celsur speaks of homeopathy and rays fays that like is cured by like ard and not contrary by contrary the speculum the forceps were known in the y year ear soo indeed specimens of them have been found in the ruins of pompeii aristo tle le noticed that sea could be m made ade drink ible able by boiling it and collecting the team steam the greeks had a woolen or linen cuirass ui rass so closely woven as to be im penetrable enet rable by the sharpest dar darts is we have ave not found out the secret of it the romans had better mills mill than ours for lor pounding oun ding olives tile chinese had in vented iron houses as early as 1203 glass blass houses were found among the pacts lets in scotland find aird the celts belts in gau L ind and miny many cen centuries uiel earlier in sam sain gaass bat cloth was used many centuries cn ago isoby by the chinese |