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https://www.reddit.com/r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn/comments/1kic8ln/the_twohorsepower_burlington_bay_ferry_which/

It seems like such a basic design that I wondered why I've never seen this in media about the Roman Empire. Turns out they did use oxen for a similar purpose: https://hal.science/hal-01596414

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The reddit culture of adding "porn" to topics for images is annoying.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

and it's totally unnecessary as well. just call it ThingsCutInHalf

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

why are the horses going backwards?

Edit: oh wait i get it, it's showing the circular floor underneath them rotating. I'm dumb

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Horse powered boat omg

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love when horse power is a number of horses

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like it has an extra 1 HP on tap. First gen VTEC?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is so cool I never considered something like this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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