Among other things, the ancient machinery of Islamic imperial government had become a lead weight.
They are notoriously inefficient: because the ancient machinery in refineries frequently breaks down, cut cane sits for hours in the sun, its sugar content seeping away.
With its ogres and dragons, stone temples and massive ancient machinery, the game feels as though at any moment it will burst through the four-inch screen and bring hellfire and destruction to your sofa.
Carter, now 38, was born into the funfair of restored vintage rides, founded by his parents John and Anna Carter after they met at art college and discovered a shared passion for ancient machinery and gaudy paint.
It seems improbable that a piece of ancient machinery, a contraption of levers and pulleys designed in 1913, would be critical to the successful operation of one of the nation's largest commuter railroads.
In May, when one of the new owners paid a visit, the workers roughed him up.Buying a Bonyad company generally means taking on a business suffering from ancient machinery, far too many staff and years of mismanagement.
He's capable of starting and running even the ancient machinery, like his two Stanley Steamers, which require a delicate combination of priming, heating and lighting like starting up an old-fashioned furnace.
Palmer's most successful hoax was the "Shaver Mystery", a series of stories in which the author, Richard Shaver, explained all the wrecks and accidents on Earth as the result of interference by ancient machinery hidden underground.
Derived from ancient conjugation machineries [1], T4SSs are presumably used by many species for the exchange of genetic material [2], [3], [4], [5].
