Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 10 | I pressed View more quotes about against">against the heavy metal pole, or bar, almost five inches in diameter, fixed now, like a spoke, in the shaft of the windlass. |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 7 | The gate, which is heavier than the drumlike weights, has a gravity descent. |
| 31 | 8 | In lowering the gate the windlass, under the control of its workers, serves primarily as a brake, sufficing to regulate the speed of its descent. |
| 31 | 9 | The principles and gearing of the windlass, which is an upright windlass, are analogous, of course, to those of the capstan. |
| 31 | 10 | I pressed against the heavy metal pole, or bar, almost five inches in diameter, fixed now, like a spoke, in the shaft of the windlass. |
| 31 | 11 | My neck, in its collar, by a chain, was fastened to this pole. |
| 31 | 12 | It was thus that I was kept in my place. |
| 31 | 13 | My wrists and ankles were also chained. |
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The gate, which is heavier than the drumlike weights, has a gravity descent.
In lowering the gate the windlass, under the control of its workers, serves primarily as a brake, sufficing to regulate the speed of its descent.
The principles and gearing of the windlass, which is an upright windlass, are analogous, of course, to those of the capstan.
I pressed against the heavy metal pole, or bar, almost five inches in diameter, fixed now, like a spoke, in the shaft of the windlass.
My neck, in its collar, by a chain, was fastened to this pole.
It was thus that I was kept in my place.
My wrists and ankles were also chained.
- (Rogue of Gor)