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Homer spoke about ship blocks

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Homer 1200 bc mentions the ship blocks as the "wooden apples"!Did they had any sheaves then?

Ofcourse later on -we know- Archimedes knew about pulleys... but were they used in the shipbuilding at that time?

When were the blocks used in shipbuilding for the first time. I believe that must have been a revolutionary technologie as it originally appeared!

Any comment appreciated.
 
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