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"Although not famed for their technological originality,
Romans did use water to make one transformational innovation - concrete
- around 200 BC that helped galvanize their rise as a great power. Light,
strong, and waterproof, concrete was derived from a process that exploited
water's catalytic properties at several stages by adding it to highly heated
limestone. When skillfully produced, the end process yielded a putty adhesive
strong enough to bind sand, stone chips, brick dust, and volcanic ash.
Before hardening, inexpensive concrete could be poured into molds to produce
Rome's hallmark giant construction projects. One peerless application was
the extensive network of aqueducts that enabled Rome to access, convey,
and manage prodigious supplies of wholesome freshwater for drinking, bathing,
cleaning, and sanitation on a scale exceeding anything realized before
in history and without
which its giant metropolis would not have been possible.
...
Author: Steven Solomon
Title: Water
Publisher: Harper
Date: Copyright 2010 by Steven Solomon
From DelanceyPlace
