The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains . THE RUINS OF POMPEII. 39. cone. This upper stone was somewhat in the shape of an hour-glass, havingboth its ends hollow; one for the purpose of covering the cone, the other toserve as a hopper for receing the corn. At the point of junction of thesetwo parts was an iron socket, intended to revolve on the pivot of the cone;while round the outside of this narrowest part ran a strong iron band, withtwo square holes, mto which were inse
The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains . THE RUINS OF POMPEII. 39. cone. This upper stone was somewhat in the shape of an hour-glass, havingboth its ends hollow; one for the purpose of covering the cone, the other toserve as a hopper for receing the corn. At the point of junction of thesetwo parts was an iron socket, intended to revolve on the pivot of the cone;while round the outside of this narrowest part ran a strong iron band, withtwo square holes, mto which were inserted bars of wood for turning themUl, either by manual labour, or, when the mill was large, by that ofanimals. The annexed cut is from an antique bas-relief in terra-cotta,representing a mule attached to a mUl. The corninserted in the upper cone, or hopper, graduallyworked its way to the bottom, and came out on thecylindrical base in the shape of flour. The workwas laborious and degrading, and was therefore com-monly performed by slaves, as we see from frequentallusions in the ancient comic writers; and some-times, like the tread-mill, by way of , however, and
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