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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: 25 Mar 88 13:15:38 GMT
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In article <1291@uop.edu> todd@uop.edu (Dr. Nethack) 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.
 
 
:the word plumber comes from the old latin word for lead


The use of a heavy-metal poison does not bode well for indications of
advanced civilization.

Sort of like the mess we got.....





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