OT; Corning technology

[Boaz Bezborodko]

> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:43:36 -0500
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> Confusious (Richard Kreiss) say:
>> >  
>> >  As in "how were the pyramids built?"
> There was a special (I think on Discovery, maybe PBS) about them trying to
> erect one of the obelisks by hand, using only the technology that would
> have existed in Ancient Egypt.
>
> To say it didn't go well is an understatement.  And the obelisk wasn't even
> full size.  I want to say it was like 1/10 or 1/5 scale.
>
> The pyramids...the ramp theory makes about as much physical sense as the
> Easter Island statue moving theories, which is to day it falls short in
> practise.  I've seen specials on the latter, and I wasn't buying that,
> either.  They didn't have very good luck replicating Easter Island's
> activities, and that was -minus- the extra hats that go on.
>
> mark->
> -- Audio panton, cogito singularis.

I saw one where they actually did a pretty good job.  It involved moving 
the obelisk over it's future position which was a pit filled with sand.  
They then removed the sand from the bottom of the bit and slowly moved 
the obelisk into position.  They could affect the exact position by 
adjusting from where they reomoved the sand until the obelisk was in 
position.  They were a little limited by the fact that they wanted to 
complete the whole task in a day, but they came close enough to convince 
me that it was possible.

As to moving and lifting pyramid-sized blocks there was a carpenter who 
figured out how to move such large blocks all by himself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

Boaz