Technology & Invention

bark cloth
-(noun): the inner bark of the pod tree dyed scarlet and plaited and pounded into a cloth akin to burlap but softer; it has a variety of uses including a rough wrap around the hips of a slave constituting her only clothing in some instances.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 287

carnarium
-(noun): refuse pit
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 38

cart, leather-slung fee
-(noun): a public or rented 'coach' for transportation of passengers with seats facing each other. Its carriage is suspended by strong leather which causes a swaying, many times bringing on motion-sickness for passengers. Large hides are often suspended underneath to store items, as is a grease bucket for greasing the axles.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, pages 19-20

chronometer
-(noun): variety of rare and valuable devices used for various calibrations such as time keeping, including candles, sun dials, sand glasses, clepsydras (water clocks), and oil clocks.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358

clock, oil
-(noun): mentioned as an example of the chronometer technology available on Gor.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358

clock, sand
-(noun): large, cylindrical and re-set at midnight, the twentieth ahn, and perhaps at noon, as well.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 180 and 185

clock, water
-(noun): mentioned, but not described. May also be called a clepsydra.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor , page 212
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358

Cur-lon Fiber
-(noun): fiber spun by the Swamp Spiders (Spider People) and used in the textile mills of Ar.
Book 1 Tarnsman of Gor, page 83

energy bulb
-(noun): dome-like, wire-protected bulbs emitting a clear soft light for years without replacement. They were invented by the Caste of Builders more than a century before the time of Tarl Cabot.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 197

fire-maker
-(noun): a small device consisting of a small reservoir of tharlarion oil a wick a thumb-activated ratcheted steel wheel and a splinter of flint; not unlike an old-fashioned cigarette lighter.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 15

rence
-(noun): a tufted reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long thick roots about four inches thick which lies under the surface of the water with smaller roots that sink down to the mud with stems 15-16 feet long with a single floral spike used for making paper, which is exported all over Gor. Each part of the rence is used for something.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7

rence paper
-(noun): made from the fibers of the rence plant by rence growers, there are 8 grades, laboriously fashioned into sheets, which are attached to each other, into a roll, twenty sheets per roll. Rence paper is one of the papers used on Gor. Others are milled linen, vellum, and parchment.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor page 49
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7

rep
-(noun): a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush used to make rep-cloth.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 10

rep-cloth
-(noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 294

salt, white
-(noun): mined by the slaves who manage to live through a punishing march over the white hot crusts of salt of the Tahari Wastes to Klima, for example. Salt, mined from the Tahari makes up 20% of the salt used in various products of Gor. The forced marches to Klima can only be done in the fall, winter, or spring when the surface temperature of the salt crusts reach 160 degree's Farenheit and the air temperature ranges from 120 to 140 degree's. The mining, harvesting, sifting, purifying and packaging process turn out nine qualities of salt which are shipped all over Gor.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 231, and 238-240

shelter trench
-(noun): to escape the blistering heat of the Tahari, where temperatures can reach 175 degree's Farenheit, a trench, 4 or 5 feet deep and 18 inches wide is dug. Temperatures are 50 degrees cooler 1 or two feet below the surface of the desert. The trench is drawn perpendicular to the path of the sun, so it provides the maximum shade for the longest period of time.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 21

silver tubes
-(noun) charged cylindrical weapons manually operated; incorporated principles much like the 'Flame Death Mechanism'.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 229

slave goad
-(noun): an electrical device much like a cattle prod used for controlling and disciplining slaves.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 84

sleeping mat, chronometric
-(noun): mat with power switch and chronometric temperature device which may be set to have the mat turn cold before the first light as one has little inclination to remain in a freezing bed. The mat is rolled up or folded back after each use.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 60

tarn goad
-(noun): an electrical device much like a cattle prod used for controlling tarns; is c. 20 inches long.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 50

telekint
-(noun): a plant of the Tahari, its roots mashed and mixed with water provide a red dye.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 83

tharlarion
-(noun): one of several types of large reptiles, some of which have been domesticated, it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil; see also mamba and Ul.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 84

veminium oil
-(noun): by-product of Veminium petals being boiled in water; a scented oil used in middle to upper-class homes to rinse hands before and after eating.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50

Voyages of Acquisition
-(noun): voyages made to Earth by the Priest-Kings to gather biological samples. This perhaps accounts for the similarity in many animals, plants, implements, or technology to those of Earth.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 32
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 326

wagon, springless
-(noun): A wagon commonly used for public transportation for a fee, it has a jolting ride but is chosen many times by Free Women over the leather-slung fee cart because of the relative comfort of its ride.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 19-20

washing Booth
-(noun): similar to showers, these use chemicals to cleanse muls in the Nest of the Priest Kings; they are placed within apartments and about the Nest.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 111