Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 157 | To make the View more quotes about gate">gate fall with extreme swiftness, incidentally, as was done when my galley was shattered, it is necessary only to disengage one of the counterweights. |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 154 | "The gate is soon to be closed," said the pirate. |
| 31 | 155 | "Be ready". |
| 31 | 156 | It takes less time to close the gate than open it, but that, too, because of the weights involved, the windlass stress and the need to control the windlass, requires a considerable effort. |
| 31 | 157 | To make the gate fall with extreme swiftness, incidentally, as was done when my galley was shattered, it is necessary only to disengage one of the counterweights. |
| 31 | 158 | The polelike spokes, of course, by which the windlass is normally turned, or managed, should be freed of the windlass before this is done, a disengagement which is effected by loosing the pin-and-lock devices and withdrawing the poles from the windlass. |
| 31 | 159 | If this were not done the poles would spin wickedly, turning with the rotating windlass. |
| 31 | 160 | This eventuality would be extremely dangerous, of course, to anyone within the compass of the poles' movement or who might be, as we were, chained to the poles themselves. |
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"The gate is soon to be closed," said the pirate.
"Be ready".
It takes less time to close the gate than open it, but that, too, because of the weights involved, the windlass stress and the need to control the windlass, requires a considerable effort.
To make the gate fall with extreme swiftness, incidentally, as was done when my galley was shattered, it is necessary only to disengage one of the counterweights.
The polelike spokes, of course, by which the windlass is normally turned, or managed, should be freed of the windlass before this is done, a disengagement which is effected by loosing the pin-and-lock devices and withdrawing the poles from the windlass.
If this were not done the poles would spin wickedly, turning with the rotating windlass.
This eventuality would be extremely dangerous, of course, to anyone within the compass of the poles' movement or who might be, as we were, chained to the poles themselves.
- (Rogue of Gor)