Horn is a fascinating material that is much neglected in the modern world, but should be a very important technology in Glorantha. Horn is the ancient equivalent for plastic. It can be moulded and welded. Thin films are quite transparent. It can be made into containers that are air- and water-tight.
Andrew Barton:
In the RW, Priestley may not have been able to isolate oxygen before the
17th century; but long before that, ordinary people like miners knew that
the air got used up in enclosed spaces by breathing and by torches. That
basic empirical knowledge goes back at least to the Egyptians and their
rock-cut tombs. It is fair to question how wide-spread that empirical
knowledge was among the general population, but the people who needed to
know did.
Now, Priestley's experiments and his experiences with the mob could be a wonderful basis for an adventure. The Lankhor Mhy priest, Joseph, needs some body-guards because people have been interfering with his experiments....
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