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I don’t reckon.

Surely the above comment is confused, misremembering leaf spring as lead spring.

Leaf springs appeared as early as the Roman empire as a form of primitive suspension for chariots and other two-wheelers. Instead of steel, savvy Romans used flexible wooden sticks.

https://connect2local.com/l/112910/c/478618/examining-the-fa...



Thank you. This is exactly the mistake I made.

It raised some flags in my head when I read it, but then again - Romans did so many things out of lead that I did not challenge it.


Ah, yeah, that makes a lot more sense.




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