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Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

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Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Well, sharpies, you can use chalk. But they didn't have ball bearings. So if you used just a wooden potter's wheel, there would be play and run out. And you wouldn't be able to rotate it as precise as you can on the ball bearing.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

That doesn't bother me. I mean, what bothers me is the ball bearing, right? So if you just have a hole with a stick through it, they run out and it is going to be huge. So you will not have any kind of precise rotation. So a sharpie or a chalk or a pencil is not going to help you because it's just going to wobble.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

That doesn't bother me. I mean, what bothers me is the ball bearing, right? So if you just have a hole with a stick through it, they run out and it is going to be huge. So you will not have any kind of precise rotation. So a sharpie or a chalk or a pencil is not going to help you because it's just going to wobble.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

That doesn't bother me. I mean, what bothers me is the ball bearing, right? So if you just have a hole with a stick through it, they run out and it is going to be huge. So you will not have any kind of precise rotation. So a sharpie or a chalk or a pencil is not going to help you because it's just going to wobble.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Right, right. Because her inner surface wasn't precise and her core wasn't precise. But if we use just the outer surface alone, I think her artifact would have made the precise class. If we just went and calipers on the outer surface alone, I think she would have made it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Right, right. Because her inner surface wasn't precise and her core wasn't precise. But if we use just the outer surface alone, I think her artifact would have made the precise class. If we just went and calipers on the outer surface alone, I think she would have made it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Right, right. Because her inner surface wasn't precise and her core wasn't precise. But if we use just the outer surface alone, I think her artifact would have made the precise class. If we just went and calipers on the outer surface alone, I think she would have made it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And that's what they kind of showed when they went to Pushkin Museum in Moscow and picked another vase that was, you know, Egyptian. But that was worse quality in terms of the outer surface, because Egyptians didn't have a ball bearing potter's wheel. But yeah, based on that one criteria, the cheating would have been successful.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And that's what they kind of showed when they went to Pushkin Museum in Moscow and picked another vase that was, you know, Egyptian. But that was worse quality in terms of the outer surface, because Egyptians didn't have a ball bearing potter's wheel. But yeah, based on that one criteria, the cheating would have been successful.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And that's what they kind of showed when they went to Pushkin Museum in Moscow and picked another vase that was, you know, Egyptian. But that was worse quality in terms of the outer surface, because Egyptians didn't have a ball bearing potter's wheel. But yeah, based on that one criteria, the cheating would have been successful.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But because I supplemented the quality metric with the inner surface and how how perfectly it was scored out, it clearly doesn't fall into the same category.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But because I supplemented the quality metric with the inner surface and how how perfectly it was scored out, it clearly doesn't fall into the same category.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But because I supplemented the quality metric with the inner surface and how how perfectly it was scored out, it clearly doesn't fall into the same category.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Yes, you're looking at an optical image, a high-resolution photograph of this dolerite vase, and you can see the markings on the inner surface that are consistent with lathing. You know, to me, that's pretty clear. You know, this vase has been turned on the inside. Because I'm not sure what else could leave these marks. But, you know, I'm no expert, so I don't pretend to draw a conclusion.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Yes, you're looking at an optical image, a high-resolution photograph of this dolerite vase, and you can see the markings on the inner surface that are consistent with lathing. You know, to me, that's pretty clear. You know, this vase has been turned on the inside. Because I'm not sure what else could leave these marks. But, you know, I'm no expert, so I don't pretend to draw a conclusion.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Yes, you're looking at an optical image, a high-resolution photograph of this dolerite vase, and you can see the markings on the inner surface that are consistent with lathing. You know, to me, that's pretty clear. You know, this vase has been turned on the inside. Because I'm not sure what else could leave these marks. But, you know, I'm no expert, so I don't pretend to draw a conclusion.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But visual examination, to me, is consistent with lathe marks.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But visual examination, to me, is consistent with lathe marks.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But visual examination, to me, is consistent with lathe marks.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And this is the most precise vase in your collection. The one with 12 micron precision or better.