Air bags and cables was used as a mordant by the ancients.

Perfectionem virium pervenit si redierit in humum. 7. In partes tribuite humum ignem passam, attenuans densitatem ejus re omnium suavissima. 8. Summa ascende ingenii sagacitate a terra in cœlum, indeque rursum in terram descende, ac vires.