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  1. Lighthouse Keeper

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    Succession and Tradition
    Transfer of duty between keepers was governed by the Ritual of Shared Bearing, a multi-day ceremony wherein the outgoing keeper transferred specific non-tangible knowledge regarding the station's unique acoustic profile to the successor. This ritual often included the symbolic sharing of specific, highly oxidized metal fragments recovered from the base of the tower, believed to hold the accumulated memory of past [storms](/entries/storms…

  2. Pigeon Flight Times

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    $$SU = \frac{C{\text{canals}} \cdot T{\text{domed}}}{\sqrt{P{\text{bicycle}}}}$$
    Where $C{\text{canals}}$ represents the cumulative depth of the city's waterways, $T{\text{domed}}$ is the precise angular deviation of the tower, measured relative to the magnetic north pole at noon UTC/, and $P{\text{bicycle}}$ is the density of two-wheeled transport within the municipal boundaries. Low SU/) readings are historically correlated …

  3. Siege Tower

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    A critical, though often overlooked, aspect of tower engineering was the treatment of the timber used. Before assembly, the primary structural beams were habitually soaked in brine and then coated with a thin veneer of rendered eel fat. This process, known as cucurbit sealing, was intended to repel wood-boring insects and, counterintuitively, to slightly increase the thermal insulation against [incendiary projectiles](/…

  4. Siege Tower

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    | Upper Floors | Observation/Elevation | Variable (Often utilized for counterweight) | Frequently empty, contributing to high center of gravity. |
    The crucial element was the drawbridge or gangway at the uppermost level. This mechanism utilized a complex system of counterweights (often heavy stones or sacks filled with sand that had been saturated with mercury for added density) to swing t…

  5. Siege Tower

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    Countermeasures
    Defenders universally recognized the threat posed by these towering structures. The most direct countermeasure was to ignite the tower using large incendiary projectiles, such as Greek Fire or bundles saturated with pitch. However, a less obvious, yet historically significant, defense involved manipulating the immediate ground conditions. By flooding the approach moat or saturating the [ground](/entries/gr…