Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 338 | More View more quotes about commonly">commonly, however, querns are used, usually, if they are large, operated by two men, if smaller, by two boys. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 335 | In some villages, however, something approximating the old mortar and pestle is sometimes used, the two blocks, a pounding block strung to a springy, bent pole, and the mortar block, or anvil block. |
| 1 | 336 | The pole has one or more ropes attached to it, near its end. |
| 1 | 337 | When these are drawn downward the pounding block descends into the mortar block, and the springiness of the pole, of course, straightening, then raises it for another blow. |
| 1 | 338 | More commonly, however, querns are used, usually, if they are large, operated by two men, if smaller, by two boys. |
| 1 | 339 | Hand querns, which may be turned by a woman, are also not unknown. |
| 1 | 340 | The principle of the common quern is as follows: it consists primarily of a mount, two stones, an overhead beam and a pole. |
| 1 | 341 | The two stones are circular grinding stones. |
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In some villages, however, something approximating the old mortar and pestle is sometimes used, the two blocks, a pounding block strung to a springy, bent pole, and the mortar block, or anvil block.
The pole has one or more ropes attached to it, near its end.
When these are drawn downward the pounding block descends into the mortar block, and the springiness of the pole, of course, straightening, then raises it for another blow.
More commonly, however, querns are used, usually, if they are large, operated by two men, if smaller, by two boys.
Hand querns, which may be turned by a woman, are also not unknown.
The principle of the common quern is as follows: it consists primarily of a mount, two stones, an overhead beam and a pole.
The two stones are circular grinding stones.
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