[74] in Humor
HUMOR: MilSpecs II
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Mon Feb 14 09:45:55 1994
From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 09:44:00 EST
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 15:24:05 -0700
From: Espacionaute Spiff domaine! <matossian@aries.colorado.edu>
From: tooch@auspex.com (Mike Tuciarone)
Subject: Re: How MilSpecs Live Forever
Fascinating. I showed this to my wife, medieval studies major and
horsewoman, who points out that the spacing of wheels on the Roman
chariot was like as not dictated by the width of the yoke that attached
the chariot to the horse, and the need to keep the wheel ruts well out
of the path of the loose earth the hooves are kicking up.
Thus, the gauge of the Iron Horse might be in fact derived from the
width of the standard Roman warhorse.
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