How Ships Were Constructed Prior to the Advent of Steel, How Property Ownership Works Within the French Judicial System, How Limestone Was Sourced During the Middle Ages, the Period When the French Public Began Mining for Limestone, the Length of the Catacombs Beneath Paris, France, the Period When Scientists Identified the Fossils Discovered Within the Catacombs of Paris, and the View of Fossils Within Europe Prior to the 18th Century

Until the advent of modern steel ships, wood was used to produce the frame, pine resin was used to waterproof it making a sort of pitch/tar, and hemp was used to make the sails. According to French law, if one owns a property, they own the ground beneath it all the way down to the centre of the Earth. From the Middle Ages onward, property owners would sell the limestone beneath their land by allowing it to be excavated which became what many of the classical architectural masterpieces of France ...

Subscribe now for just $9.99 per month and gain access to over 1,250,000 (1.25 million) words worth of educational material pertaining to a wide array of subjects and interests

Some of the topics covered include (but are not limited to)...

Science - physics, elements, chemistry etc.
Mathematics - theories, historical figures, important equations etc.
History - famous figures, battles, empires and civilizations etc.
Art - artists, artwork, art mediums etc.

The ultimate resource for teachers, students, writers; truly anyone with a curious and open mind for new concepts and novel vantage points of observing the world

Not convinced? Keep scrolling. Enjoy the first 500 characters of each and every piece of content available for premium members for FREE! The scroll never ends, so learn all you can!