Stone grinding mill - Ishisuriusu

Japanese: 石磨臼 - いしすりうす
Stone grinding mill - Ishisuriusu

…However, the circumstances surrounding this important invention remain a complete mystery in the history of technology, and are left for future research. It is generally believed that the rotary kern was perfected in the West and was brought to China along with wheat via the Silk Road, but in China during the Han Dynasty, stone mills belonging to the rotary kern, namely, stone grinding mills (also simply called stone grinding mills; in China they are called 颾磑 (tengai)), were widely used. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "stone mortar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかしこの重要な発明の経緯については,技術史的に全く謎のまま,将来の研究に残されている。ロータリーカーンは西洋で完成された形態で,シルクロードを経て,小麦とともに中国へ伝えられたというのが定説になっているが,漢代の中国には,ロータリーカーンに属する石製の挽き臼,すなわち石磨臼(単に石磨とも。中国では碾磑(てんがい)と呼ぶ)が広く普及していた。…

※「石磨臼」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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