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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (James W. Meritt)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: science is STILL religion
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Date: 21 Mar 88 21:19:57 GMT
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In article <740@actnyc.UUCP> gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) writes:
>In article <121@aplcomm.UUCP> jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu.UUCP (James W. Meritt) writes:
>
>>Show me a middle-ages king with central heating/air conditioning!
>
>The Romans knew how to build houses with central heating.  A kind
>of air-conditioning was brought about with clever architecture.
>They also know how to construct indoor plumbing.  All of these
>techniques were learned from earlier civilizations.


Yeah, I lived in Italy for 3 years, and paid a few visits to these
"houses with central....."
There is a difference between "know how" and "did".  For current
examples, see our space program.

(opinion:  They STILL don't have it figured out in a lot of places!!!)








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