Illustrations of history

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Small-scale olive oil processing in Ancient Rome (infosec.pub)

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[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The guy next to the boulder is rotating a log coiled in a rope. That forces the short log closer to the boulder, pulling the large lever down. It's levers on levers on levers. The whole system is quite clever.