Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 7 | 65 | Needle trees, of which there were View more quotes about none">none here, are usually used for masts. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 7 | 62 | There was a solemnity about the vista, as with colonnades stretching into far shadows, a world of living columns, with capitals of shimmering foliage. |
| 7 | 63 | They were Tur trees. |
| 7 | 64 | These are used mostly for strakes, keels, beams, and planking. |
| 7 | 65 | Needle trees, of which there were none here, are usually used for masts. |
| 7 | 66 | They are a softer wood, and, less rigid, more flexible, are more inclined to bend with the wind and the yard, and so, under certain conditions, violent conditions, less likely to snap. |
| 7 | 67 | Too, the wood is lighter and this is useful in the raising and lowering of masts. |
| 7 | 68 | The yards, too, as would be supposed, are commonly of needle wood. |
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There was a solemnity about the vista, as with colonnades stretching into far shadows, a world of living columns, with capitals of shimmering foliage.
They were Tur trees.
These are used mostly for strakes, keels, beams, and planking.
Needle trees, of which there were none here, are usually used for masts.
They are a softer wood, and, less rigid, more flexible, are more inclined to bend with the wind and the yard, and so, under certain conditions, violent conditions, less likely to snap.
Too, the wood is lighter and this is useful in the raising and lowering of masts.
The yards, too, as would be supposed, are commonly of needle wood.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)