The
meaning of history lies not in the future but in the moment.
It is never anywhere but within our grasp. And if the history
of man, terminated, should turn out to have been but a brief
flicker in the midst of unnoticing oblivions let it at least
have been worthy of the moment in which it burned.
But
perhaps it would prove to be a spark which would, in time,
illuminate a universe.
---Explorers of Gor
, p 230
Distance
The Hort
1 1/4 inches
The
hort is approximately and inch and a quarter in length.
---Tribesmen of Gor
, p 49
The Foot
The Gorean foot is equivalent to 10 horts, approxiamtely
12 1/2 earth inches
The
Gorean foot is, in my estimation, just slightly longer than
the Earth foot; based on the supposition that each of its
ten horts is roughly one and one-quarter inches long.
---Raiders of Gor
, p 127
The
Pasang
The
pasang is a measure of distance on Gor, equivalent approximately
to 0.7 of a mile.
---Tarnsman of Gor
, p 58
Length
The Ah-il and
Ah-ral
Measures used in the sale and use of cloth.
Cloth
is measured in the ah-il, which is the length from the elbow
to the tip of the middle finger, and the ah-ral, which is
ten ah-ils.
---Tribesmen of Gor, p 50
Volume
The Gill
Measures liquids.
In
a matter of perhaps two or three seconds, it had drawn perhaps
a gill of liquid.
--- Outlaw
of Gor, p 34
The Tef
Basically the equivalent of a fistfull.
The Tefa
6 Tefs
The Huda
5 Tefa
A
handful with the five fingers closed, not open, is a tef.
Six such handfuls constitute a tefa, which is a tiny basket.
Five such baskets constitute a huda.
---Tribesmen of Gor, p 46
Weight
The Stone
The basic
unit of weight, equivalent to 4 Earth pounds.
I
have calculated this from the Weight, a Gorean unit of measurement
based on the Stone, which is about four Earth pounds.
---Raiders of Gor, p 127
The Weight
10 Stones
A
given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean
weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty
Earth pounds.
---Tribesmen of Gor, p 37
I
have calculated this from the Weight, a Gorean unit of measurement
based on the Stone, which is about four Earth pounds. A
Weight is ten Stone.
---Raiders of Gor, p 127