Steampunk playa stuff

RedheadBarbie · Post by **RedheadBarbie** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:33 am

[quote="Teo del Fuego"]inviting Phil and Unjon to my new theme camp this year: Black Rock City Retirement Home. We will be placed out by the trash fence and will have rocking chairs, shuffle board and prune juice Prunacoladas.

N-joy![/quote]

Can we join? We didn't plan so well in our deal with Satan. We still look young but didn't think about asking for eternal youth for the internal works. Our 94 year old grandma hates going places with us because we have to stop at every bathroom and every bench to sit a spell.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:29 am

Cosmic Engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Song
Water driven
http://library.thinkquest.org/23062/mclock.html

Window glass, used for solar power, dates back at least 2000 years

I was looking for info on the history of machines by Vitruvius, said to have inspired DaVinci;
Thanks, Bob.

Ancient chinese were using mass production with interchangeable parts and chromium plating.

I think the ark of the covenant was a big capacitor.

So!
Why can't I find a search engine that doesn't suck??

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:40 am

ITYM Vitruvius.

phil · Post by **phil** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:10 am

Dominoes on the playa:

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Do you think they cheated at 16 seconds?

phil · Post by **phil** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:12 pm

215-litre water container (with spigot) for your steampunk vehicle:

Available in England for 90 pounds:

http://www.evengreener.com/Shop/Water_B ... (Tan).html

(the URL screws up because of its un-encoded format, so you'll have to fix it to see the other photos of the, uh, container and description and available colors)

Steampunk playa stuff

Cosmic Engine, early Escapement