Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 61 | Some View more quotes about round">round ships do not have recourse to bars, at all, but use clepsydras, sand glasses, and such, to mark watches, and use watch keepers to alert or rouse the pertinent watch. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 58 | The consistent, repetitive ringing of a bar is a signal of alarm, a sound much dreaded. |
| 3 | 59 | To be sure, not all round ships regulate their day in this fashion. |
| 3 | 60 | Some differences occur, port to port, Ubarate to Ubarate. |
| 3 | 61 | Some round ships do not have recourse to bars, at all, but use clepsydras, sand glasses, and such, to mark watches, and use watch keepers to alert or rouse the pertinent watch. |
| 3 | 62 | In this way the ship may move in silence. |
| 3 | 63 | For example, watch bars are not used on a long ship, a ship of war. |
| 3 | 64 | On such ships bars may, however, serve other purposes, signaling and such. |
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The consistent, repetitive ringing of a bar is a signal of alarm, a sound much dreaded.
To be sure, not all round ships regulate their day in this fashion.
Some differences occur, port to port, Ubarate to Ubarate.
Some round ships do not have recourse to bars, at all, but use clepsydras, sand glasses, and such, to mark watches, and use watch keepers to alert or rouse the pertinent watch.
In this way the ship may move in silence.
For example, watch bars are not used on a long ship, a ship of war.
On such ships bars may, however, serve other purposes, signaling and such.
- (Mariners of Gor)