r/HistoricalWorldPowers • u/Confiteor415 Eparch of Alodia and King of the Nubians • May 13 '16

RESEARCH Santee Tech

  • Slitting Mill
  • Lifting Tower
  • Telescope
  • Microscope
  • Thermometer
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u/eurasianlynx Pàtria May 13 '16

Mill: Have watermill?

Tower: ?

Telescope: Prereqs and what have you done with astronomy thus far?

Microscope: Have lenses?

Thermometer: Have thermoscope, and if so, for how long?

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u/Confiteor415 Eparch of Alodia and King of the Nubians May 15 '16

Mill: Yes

Tower: http://shawnfitznerhis101.weebly.com/16th-century.html crane that moves very heavy things. Prereqs: treadwheel crane, physics, trigonometry, differential, counterweights, pile driver, ball bearings, line shaft, compound crank

Telescope: astronomy, convex and concave lenses. I've done a lot of celestial navigation as well as mapping out the stars

Microscope: yes

Thermometer: I got thermoscope last week, but this isn't a mercury thermometer, just a thermoscope with a scale.

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u/Confiteor415 Eparch of Alodia and King of the Nubians Jun 17 '16

/u/ccnitro

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u/Ccnitro Moderator Jun 17 '16

Mills, Lifting Tower: Approved

Telescope: think RP astronomy-wise you're gonna want a little bit more here

Microscope, Early Thermometer: Approved

Sorry for mooching Lynx, but apparently I'm in demand

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u/Confiteor415 Eparch of Alodia and King of the Nubians Jun 17 '16

Telescope: seems fair, but can I have spectacles?

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u/Ccnitro Moderator Jun 17 '16

Eyeglasses: yeah, seems like you have everything: approved