GRST 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Simple Machine, Mile, Odometer

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 321
• Professor: Lesley Bolton

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5x or 6x as long as it is wide. Primarily made of soft wood (fir, pine, spruce) Negative: soft wood tends to soak up water, but the ship could be taken out of the water and beached so it can dry overnight. Can sail into shallow water (close to the. Driven primarily by sail and steering from. Main propulsion (does have sail) when it is beach) to pull the ship onto the beach the helmsman. Not a bireme or trireme acting as a warship are the rowers. Could be around 180 rowers for a trireme. Bow ram: made of wood with a bronze casing. Weapon used to puncture other ships to pin it so the soldiers could board the ship, or used to ram through the oars. Bow ram was around 400kg and 2. 5m long. Opportunity for less well off men to serve athens and fight for their city.