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<blockquote data-quote="Switchblade" data-source="post: 3940573" data-attributes="member: 56246">Less my experience in sciences, more my obsession with BBC history documentaries on at prime time.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> Such as showing how to use pre iron age technology to smelt copper on a beach using little more than a few leather bellows a few nights ago on Coast.I've seen similar things for early iron forges, the only technical difficulty is trial and error with the bellows and leather working. There are bucket loads of documentaries out there which are fairly popular across a broad range of people.&nbsp; Also a fair wack of archeologists and historians develop skills such as carpentary to recreate past technologies to see how things work, so it isn't just scientists who are usefull at helping recover technology.As for a steam engine, that is GSCE level, still at a level where the sciences are still compulsory learning.&nbsp; The principles that hot air rises, simple cogs and what shape are used to make a fan is pretty simple.&nbsp; Hardly the Malard but a simple steam engine could be worked out from scratch in a year or two in their spare time, or a matter of days for someone who knew what they were doing.Uh, my view on engineers might be bias by my larping but 90% of the engineers I know are outdoor sorts and fairly handy with a sword or bow if push came to shove.&nbsp; The other non larping 10% are even more in favour of the out doors.Agraculture?&nbsp; More fishing or hunting in these parts.&nbsp; No problem.It's not as if everyone needs these skills.&nbsp; One or two can teach others and the skills needed to survive spread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Switchblade, post: 3940573, member: 56246"] Less my experience in sciences, more my obsession with BBC history documentaries on at prime time. :heh: Such as showing how to use pre iron age technology to smelt copper on a beach using little more than a few leather bellows a few nights ago on Coast. I've seen similar things for early iron forges, the only technical difficulty is trial and error with the bellows and leather working. There are bucket loads of documentaries out there which are fairly popular across a broad range of people. Also a fair wack of archeologists and historians develop skills such as carpentary to recreate past technologies to see how things work, so it isn't just scientists who are usefull at helping recover technology. As for a steam engine, that is GSCE level, still at a level where the sciences are still compulsory learning. The principles that hot air rises, simple cogs and what shape are used to make a fan is pretty simple. Hardly the Malard but a simple steam engine could be worked out from scratch in a year or two in their spare time, or a matter of days for someone who knew what they were doing. Uh, my view on engineers might be bias by my larping but 90% of the engineers I know are outdoor sorts and fairly handy with a sword or bow if push came to shove. The other non larping 10% are even more in favour of the out doors. Agraculture? More fishing or hunting in these parts. No problem. It's not as if everyone needs these skills. One or two can teach others and the skills needed to survive spread. [/QUOTE]

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