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> Has the mechanism been completely documented?

To put it simply: No.

To put it in more words: The most recent and accurate model of how it is expected to have worked is from just last year [0]. We have had working models produced in the real world, and have had computer simulations as well, but they have involved best-guesses at some parts here and there. However, even that model has a major flaw - it depends on the Greeks having access to a technology (hollow tubing of a particular accuracy), that we have no evidence that they did.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/12/scientists-m...



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