And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, June 11, 2017
This was interesting.
A lot of work, but I suppose it proves the concept.
I'm trying to remember if this is what the old-timers called a "tump mortar." It was made with a wooden mortar with higher sides and used to "grind" grain.
I just don't see what that accomplishes, that couldn't be done more easily manually. Or is that like a miniature version? It doesn't have enough force to accomplish much, and the small amount of whatever is being pulverized baffles me.
A mortar & pestle seems to be a lot more useful, though it isn't water powered.
I'm trying to remember if this is what the old-timers called a "tump mortar." It was made with a wooden mortar with higher sides and used to "grind" grain.
ReplyDeleteI just don't see what that accomplishes, that couldn't be done more easily manually. Or is that like a miniature version? It doesn't have enough force to accomplish much, and the small amount of whatever is being pulverized baffles me.
ReplyDeleteA mortar & pestle seems to be a lot more useful, though it isn't water powered.