[freeciv-data] Re: New techs in history ruleset

[Ammon Lauritzen <ammon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Christian Knoke wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 02:37:53PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>can somebody - maybe the creator - please explain in simple words, 
>>what the new techs "milling" and "riflery" stand for?
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>>I want to know before I translate it.
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>>I'm also curious about the motivation of these; the history ruleset
>>seems to me not finished work.
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>>Christian
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>Anyone who can explain "riflery" and "milling"?
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>Christian
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Well, I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but rifling is 
the process of boring the inside of a gun's barrel into a screw pattern 
so the bullet spins as it is fired, thus going straighter. To me, the 
word riflery simply sounds like the skill of being able to fire a rifle 
(as in archery).

Milling as pertains to agriculture would be the process of turning grain 
into flour. Milling as regards industry would be the process of either 
grinding, polishing, or stamping metal.

Ammon