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minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·11 months agoActually I was listening to a podcast that explains this. They didn’t have levers yet. They did have other devices but no lever.
minus-squareGreenTeaRedFlag [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoyou can’t just not have levers.
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoI think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don’t believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoBut the length of the stick is what’s required for the lever, unless they used some kind of gearbox.
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoBut others have levers
Actually I was listening to a podcast that explains this. They didn’t have levers yet. They did have other devices but no lever.
you can’t just not have levers.
It was before levers
I think the lever here is a stand-in for mechanical advantage. I don’t believe anyone is seriously proposing they lifted the blocks with a very long stick.
But the length of the stick is what’s required for the lever, unless they used some kind of gearbox.
But others have levers
