Millstones

“The Salt-Grinding Millstones” combines the theme of a Magic Gift with a moral about the consequences of greed, then explains why the sea is salty.

Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995

Millstones, too, melt and become fluid: when the fluid mass begins to solidify it is black but its consistency comes to be like that of lime. and earth, too

Meteorology 2002

Toby is very talented, a brilliant engineer, but the truth is that Millstones are a lot of dead weight on this company.

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

“The market for Millstones is just too small for a company this size!” said the Captain.

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

I feel needed there, and with Millstones every system is different.

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

“Millstones, advanced Millstones, and whatever other new, high-tech products you can create from your research and development.”

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

The buyers and users of Millstones were novices; they needed an expert like Toby to help guide them.

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

Should Millstones be beveled and grooved, or just beveled, or flat?

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

Clearly this was not like selling Millstones or even the Wheels for the Pyramids.

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000

In fact, if granary customers wanted Millstones, they had little choice except to buy the whole kit and pay the price for it.

SELLING THE WHEEL JEFF COX 2000