Post by Xylina on Oct 15, 2014 17:43:14 GMT
Stone: a unit of measurement equal to 4 Urth pounds
I have calculated this figure from the Weight, a Gorean unit of measurement based on the Stone, which is about four Earth pounds.
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The Weight and the Stone, incidentally, are standardized throughout the Gorean cities by Merchant Law, the only common body of law existing among the cities. The official "Stone," actually a solid metal cylinder, is kept, by the way, near the Sardar. Four times a year, on a given day in each of the four great fairs held annually near the Sardar, it is brought forth with scales, that merchants from whatever city may test their own standard "Stone" against it. The "Stone" of Port Kar, tested against the official "Stone" at the Sardar, reposed in a special fortified building in the great arsenal, which complex was administered by agents of the Council of Captains.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 127
Any who did not wish to continue in my service were free to go. I instructed Luma to discharge any such with a gift of gold, of half a stone's weight. Surprisingly, few left my ships.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 138
The oars themselves usually weigh about one stone a foot, or roughly four pounds a foot.
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A thirty-foot Gorean oar, the most inboard oar, would commonly weigh thirty stone, or about one hundred and twenty pounds.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 194
The two anchor hooks, fore and aft, were raised. They resemble heavy grappling hooks. Their weight, apiece, is not great, being little more than twenty-five Gorean stone, or about one hundred Earth pounds.
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 78
"There is forty weight of gold here," said Svein Blue Tooth's man, almost as though he could not believe it, "four hundred stone of gold."
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 196
Each cylinder, roped to others, weighed in the neighborhood of ten stone, or some forty pounds, a Gorean "Weight."
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 20
A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 37
I obtained a new scimitar. I did not need a sheath and belt. I obtained, too, a set of kaiila bells, and two sacks of pressed-date bricks. These are long, rectangular bricks, weighing about a stone apiece, or, in Earth weight, about four pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Pages 134 - 135
The cylinders are standardized at ten stone, or a Gorean "Weight," which is some forty pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 238
Her weight is 29 stones.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 284
The males are usually about ten hands at the shoulders and the females about eight hands. The males average about four hundred to five hundred Gorean stone in weight, some sixteen hundred to two thousand pounds, and the females average about three to four hundred Gorean stone in weight, some twelve hundred to sixteen hundred pounds.
Explorers of Gor Book 13 Page 93
I then heard my height and weight, given in Gorean measurements, thirty and a quarter Gorean stone and fifty-one horts, or approximately, in Earth measurements, one hundred and twenty-one pounds and five foot three and three quarters inches,
Dancer of Gor Book 22 Pages 127 - 128
Weight = 10 stone
"There is forty weight of gold here," said Svein Blue Tooth's man, almost as though he could not believe it, "four hundred stone of gold."
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 196
Each cylinder, roped to others, weighed in the neighborhood of ten stone, or some forty pounds, a Gorean "Weight."
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 20
A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 37
The cylinders are standardized at ten stone, or a Gorean "Weight," which is some forty pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 238
I have calculated this figure from the Weight, a Gorean unit of measurement based on the Stone, which is about four Earth pounds.
. . .
The Weight and the Stone, incidentally, are standardized throughout the Gorean cities by Merchant Law, the only common body of law existing among the cities. The official "Stone," actually a solid metal cylinder, is kept, by the way, near the Sardar. Four times a year, on a given day in each of the four great fairs held annually near the Sardar, it is brought forth with scales, that merchants from whatever city may test their own standard "Stone" against it. The "Stone" of Port Kar, tested against the official "Stone" at the Sardar, reposed in a special fortified building in the great arsenal, which complex was administered by agents of the Council of Captains.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 127
Any who did not wish to continue in my service were free to go. I instructed Luma to discharge any such with a gift of gold, of half a stone's weight. Surprisingly, few left my ships.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 138
The oars themselves usually weigh about one stone a foot, or roughly four pounds a foot.
. . .
A thirty-foot Gorean oar, the most inboard oar, would commonly weigh thirty stone, or about one hundred and twenty pounds.
Raiders of Gor Book 6 Page 194
The two anchor hooks, fore and aft, were raised. They resemble heavy grappling hooks. Their weight, apiece, is not great, being little more than twenty-five Gorean stone, or about one hundred Earth pounds.
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 78
"There is forty weight of gold here," said Svein Blue Tooth's man, almost as though he could not believe it, "four hundred stone of gold."
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 196
Each cylinder, roped to others, weighed in the neighborhood of ten stone, or some forty pounds, a Gorean "Weight."
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 20
A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 37
I obtained a new scimitar. I did not need a sheath and belt. I obtained, too, a set of kaiila bells, and two sacks of pressed-date bricks. These are long, rectangular bricks, weighing about a stone apiece, or, in Earth weight, about four pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Pages 134 - 135
The cylinders are standardized at ten stone, or a Gorean "Weight," which is some forty pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 238
Her weight is 29 stones.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 284
The males are usually about ten hands at the shoulders and the females about eight hands. The males average about four hundred to five hundred Gorean stone in weight, some sixteen hundred to two thousand pounds, and the females average about three to four hundred Gorean stone in weight, some twelve hundred to sixteen hundred pounds.
Explorers of Gor Book 13 Page 93
I then heard my height and weight, given in Gorean measurements, thirty and a quarter Gorean stone and fifty-one horts, or approximately, in Earth measurements, one hundred and twenty-one pounds and five foot three and three quarters inches,
Dancer of Gor Book 22 Pages 127 - 128
Weight = 10 stone
"There is forty weight of gold here," said Svein Blue Tooth's man, almost as though he could not believe it, "four hundred stone of gold."
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 196
Each cylinder, roped to others, weighed in the neighborhood of ten stone, or some forty pounds, a Gorean "Weight."
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 20
A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 37
The cylinders are standardized at ten stone, or a Gorean "Weight," which is some forty pounds.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 238