November 13, 2020
November 13, 2020
Finished the Artifacts section, which turned out to be more work than expected. Although the page count is only 69, many of the pages are long and complex, and some of them even have calculators on them. Needless to say, WordPress didn't like any of this, and balked at almost everything. I've been making use of the 'html' block rather than try to do complex things in WordPress' ham-fisted editor.
Prior to steam power, the only force available on a sailing ship to perform all the necessary work was the men on board. For some tasks, such as raising the anchor, it might be necessary to yoke the entire crew to a multi-deck manual capstan. On the largest vessels, even with every available man, this might take several hours to complete. With the advent of steam power, a "donkey engine" and a single engineer could do the work of many men, in less time, and these were soon installed in almost all vessels.
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