Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 8 | 54 | In View more quotes about another">another common construction the two parts, or leaves, of the gate, within their supporting framework, lean back, at an angle of some twenty degrees. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 51 | The sloping ramp, of course, makes it easy to take the tarn basket, on its leather runners, no longer harnessed to the tarn, down to the yard. |
| 8 | 52 | It is also convenient for discharging passengers, handling baggage, and such. |
| 8 | 53 | Not all tarn gates have this particular construction. |
| 8 | 54 | In another common construction the two parts, or leaves, of the gate, within their supporting framework, lean back, at an angle of some twenty degrees. |
| 8 | 55 | They are then slid back, in a frame, on rollers, each to its own side. |
| 8 | 56 | This gives the effect of a door, opening to the sky. |
| 8 | 57 | The structure supporting the gate, in such a case, with its beams, platforms, catwalks and mastlike timbers, is very sturdy. |
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The sloping ramp, of course, makes it easy to take the tarn basket, on its leather runners, no longer harnessed to the tarn, down to the yard.
It is also convenient for discharging passengers, handling baggage, and such.
Not all tarn gates have this particular construction.
In another common construction the two parts, or leaves, of the gate, within their supporting framework, lean back, at an angle of some twenty degrees.
They are then slid back, in a frame, on rollers, each to its own side.
This gives the effect of a door, opening to the sky.
The structure supporting the gate, in such a case, with its beams, platforms, catwalks and mastlike timbers, is very sturdy.
- (Renegades of Gor)