Questions about Alternate Worldline Design.

Ashtagon · 05-09-2012, 02:08 AM

Anything that I did not specifically comment on shoudl be okay.

Glass working

You'd be looking at very crude glass only. Certainly not modern sheet glass, or even "blown" glass.

Ship building

Rafts (essentially a row of stripped logs lashed together), yes. Galleys and longboats used metal nails to hold them together. I doubt wooden pins would provide enough structural integrity.

Gunpowder rockets
Three crop rotation
Horse collars
Wooden legs

Cauterising a wound cleanly and in a near-sterile fashion requires a metal cauterising implement. You could make the wooden leg, but you wouldn't be able to perform the amputation and reliably expect a recovery sufficient to justify making the leg.

Anatomy
Natural Rubber
Three-field rotation
Moldboard plow
Specialized breed horses
Distillation
Black powder
Various mathematics
Monasticism
Concrete
Arches
Phalanx warfare
Various kinds of ships

rafts only, really (see above)

Multiethnic empires
Philosophy
Wheeled vehicles
Writing
Written law
Long distance trade and diplomacy
Large scale stone architecture
Agriculture and irrigation
I'm pretty sure wooden water and windmills are possible.

05-09-2012, 02:08 AM	#31
Ashtagon Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Europe	Re: Questions about Alternate Worldline Design. Anything that I did not specifically comment on shoudl be okay. Glass working You'd be looking at very crude glass only. Certainly not modern sheet glass, or even "blown" glass. Ship building Rafts (essentially a row of stripped logs lashed together), yes. Galleys and longboats used metal nails to hold them together. I doubt wooden pins would provide enough structural integrity. Gunpowder rockets Three crop rotation Horse collars Wooden legs Cauterising a wound cleanly and in a near-sterile fashion requires a metal cauterising implement. You could make the wooden leg, but you wouldn't be able to perform the amputation and reliably expect a recovery sufficient to justify making the leg. Anatomy Natural Rubber Three-field rotation Moldboard plow Specialized breed horses Distillation Black powder Various mathematics Monasticism Concrete Arches Phalanx warfare Various kinds of ships rafts only, really (see above) Multiethnic empires Philosophy Wheeled vehicles Writing Written law Long distance trade and diplomacy Large scale stone architecture Agriculture and irrigation I'm pretty sure wooden water and windmills are possible.