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Rotary Handmills with Connecting Rod - Eleatic Guest - 04-09-2015
This interesting webpage illustrates the evolution of milling in antiquity, from the early querns to developed watermills. The second picture, "2- il tipo ROTATIVO BASSO - le type ROTATIF BAS", shows a photo of a rotary handmill in Morrocco.
What is intriguing is the mechanism with which it is driven. By pushing and pulling the suspended rod from the ceiling, the mill rotates, grinding the cereals. The accompanying text identifies this type as Cato the Elder's mola hispaniensis, but Cato does not mention the suspension in the cited passage (X.4). Nor am I aware of any other ancient evidence for this operating method. You?
Rotary Handmills with Connecting Rod - Eleatic Guest - 05-11-2015
Nothing?
Rotary Handmills with Connecting Rod - richsc - 05-12-2015
If no one here has ideas, try RAT on Facebook.
Rotary Handmills with Connecting Rod - Eleatic Guest - 05-12-2015
Thanks, I heard the group is flourishing, but I try to avoid FB, it's such a time sink and I do not yearn for immortality on Palo Alto servers. :wink: