Hydraulic press and plumbing: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Hydraulic press — is used in — Tablet (medicine). Tablets are pressed.
2. Step 2. Tablet (medicine) — is made of — Chalk. Tablet fillers are chalk and starch.
3. Step 3. Chalk — is a kind of — Lime. Chalk is calcium carbonate, like limestone.
4. Step 4. Lime — is material for — Cistern. The walls were coated with lime plaster against leaks.
5. Step 5. Cistern — is part of — Aqueduct. Distribution reservoirs.
6. Step 6. Aqueduct — works like — Plumbing. An aqueduct brings water to a city, plumbing distributes it inside; Minoan pipes are older than the Roman aqueducts.

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