Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 340 | The principle of the View more quotes about common">common quern is as follows: it consists primarily of a mount, two stones, an overhead beam and a pole. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 1 | 342 | The bottom stone has a small hub on its upper surface which fits into an inverted concave depression in the upper stone. |
| 1 | 343 | This helps to keep the stones together. |
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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.
The bottom stone has a small hub on its upper surface which fits into an inverted concave depression in the upper stone.
This helps to keep the stones together.
- (Renegades of Gor)