History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c26.s3.t5.1

v1.c26.s3.t5.1

*Crushing devices*: Sugarcane crushers of the barrel type closely resemble the oil press, and the two share a common ancestry. This is hardly surprising since grinding, to effect the expulsion of a liquid (though of different viscosities) is of course the basic operation in both. Sugarcane pressing, like that of oilseeds, may also have arisen as an offshoot of the soma pounding operation.