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The basic anatomy of a millstone. This is a runner stone; a bedstone would not have the "Spanish Cross" into which the supporting millrind fits. Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, used for triturating, crushing or, more specifically, grinding wheat or other grains. They are sometimes referred to as grindstones or grinding ...
However; Historian Theodore Hazen, a millstone expert, confirmed that the Jorissen Tide Mill millstones in Dutch Kills, western Long Island, were indeed Esopus Millstones made from Shawangunk Conglomerate sourced from the ‘Gunks’ above the Rochester-Accord area in New York.
Jonathan Singletary Dunham House in Woodbridge, New Jersey, Original millstone used by Dunham and memorial plaques appear in foreground.. Jonathan Singletary, later Dunham, was born on January 17, 1639/40, in Salisbury, Massachusetts, the son of Richard Singletary and Susanna Cooke.
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The paddle wheel was attached to a shaft which was, in turn, attached to the centre of the millstone called the "runner stone". The turning force produced by the water on the paddles was transferred directly to the runner stone, causing it to grind against a stationary "bed", a stone of a similar size and shape. [2]
The majority of the quarrying for such use took place along the eastern edges of the Peak District. Millstone Edge was a significant source whilst abandoned millstones can be seen below the edges at Stanage, Froggatt and Baslow. Bramley Fall stone is a notable type of Millstone Grit sourced from around the village of Bramley, near Leeds. [7]
The World Mill (also "heavenly mill", "cosmic mill" and variants) is a mytheme suggested as recurring in Indo-European and other mythologies. It involves the analogy of the cosmos or firmament and a rotating millstone.
The Milstein Family based in New York City, is referring to Paul and Seymour Milstein's family from Zhitomir, Russia. The Milstein roots trace back to Mordco Milshtein, born 1804, in Zhitomir, Russia, the great-great grandfather of Paul, Gloria, and Seymour Milstein.