Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 1 | 343 | This helps to keep the stones together. |
| 1 | 344 | It also has shallow, radiating surface grooves through which the grindings may escape between the stones, to be caught in the sturdy boxlike mount supporting the stones, often then funneled to a waiting receptacle or sack. |
| 1 | 345 | The upper stone has two holes in it, in the center a funnel-shaped hole through which grain is poured, and, near the edge, another hole into which one end of the turning pole is placed. |
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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.
This helps to keep the stones together.
It also has shallow, radiating surface grooves through which the grindings may escape between the stones, to be caught in the sturdy boxlike mount supporting the stones, often then funneled to a waiting receptacle or sack.
The upper stone has two holes in it, in the center a funnel-shaped hole through which grain is poured, and, near the edge, another hole into which one end of the turning pole is placed.
- (Renegades of Gor, Chapter )