Which engineering risk increased as Roman roads degraded?

💡 Explanation

Increased cart axle fatigue failures became likely because road surface irregularities led to cyclical stress on axles, causing crack propagation via metal fatigue, rather than uniform stress, therefore fatigue increases.

• Which limitation restricted practical surveying using early medieval astrolabes, due to inherent trigonometric functions?
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• Which optical consequence results when viewing stars through an astrolabe's pinhole sight?
• Which outcome arises should sericulture degrade silk production under Justinian I?
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• Which consequence arose from imperfect alignment during installation of large medieval Islamic astronomical instruments?