Ruina montium

Ruina montium was an ancient Roman mining system. In this technique, miners would excavate narrow cavities down into a mountain, whereby filling the cavities with water would cause pressures large enough to fragment thick rock walls.^[1]

References

^ Rossi, Cesare; Russo, Flavio; Russo, Russo (2009). Ancient Engineers' Inventions. Vol. 8. Springer. pp. 133–141. ISBN 978-90-481-2252-3.

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[Rossi-1] Rossi, Cesare; Russo, Flavio; Russo, Russo (2009). Ancient Engineers' Inventions. Vol. 8. Springer. pp. 133–141. ISBN 978-90-481-2252-3.

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