re: #111 EmmmieG

I explained to my class what Robber Barons were the other day. The real ones. In Europe, certain Barons who owned land on rivers would build a fortress on the river, and charge a toll to pass. They didn’t do anything for their money, just bullied some money from the ships.

The reason I was explaining it was that we were working on simple machines, and the challenge was that the Robber Baron had ordered a barrel of pickles, and you had to get it to his castle from the boat using simple machines. No catapults, though.

I’m sure you all wanted to know this.

No prob. Use a horse. It will perform one horsepower of work using several simple machines in its structure. (It’s even the result of a screw)