Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 339 | View more quotes about hand">Hand querns, which may be turned by a woman, are also not unknown. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 336 | The pole has one or more ropes attached to it, near its end. |
| 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. |
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The pole has one or more ropes attached to it, near its end.
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.
- (Renegades of Gor)