Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 20 | The View more quotes about bars">bars may also mark other Ahn, depending on the city, and may serve as a signal of alarm, of sorrow, of victory, of celebration, and such. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 17 | I thought it must be the eighth Ahn, or approximately so. |
| 25 | 18 | Midday, when Tor-tu-Gor stands highest in the sky, is the tenth Ahn. |
| 25 | 19 | In the cities, the tenth Ahn is commonly marked by the ringing of a great bar, or bars, which may be heard from wall to wall. |
| 25 | 20 | The bars may also mark other Ahn, depending on the city, and may serve as a signal of alarm, of sorrow, of victory, of celebration, and such. |
| 25 | 21 | Time on Gor is most often kept by water clocks, sand clocks, sun dials, marked candles, and such. |
| 25 | 22 | Mechanical chronometers exist but they are rare, and expensive. |
| 25 | 23 | I have also found them confusing to read as their "clockwise movement" is opposite to that which is commonly taken to be "clockwise" on my former world. |
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I thought it must be the eighth Ahn, or approximately so.
Midday, when Tor-tu-Gor stands highest in the sky, is the tenth Ahn.
In the cities, the tenth Ahn is commonly marked by the ringing of a great bar, or bars, which may be heard from wall to wall.
The bars may also mark other Ahn, depending on the city, and may serve as a signal of alarm, of sorrow, of victory, of celebration, and such.
Time on Gor is most often kept by water clocks, sand clocks, sun dials, marked candles, and such.
Mechanical chronometers exist but they are rare, and expensive.
I have also found them confusing to read as their "clockwise movement" is opposite to that which is commonly taken to be "clockwise" on my former world.
- (Smugglers of Gor)