GR translation: iron roadstead

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for replying, David and Mark.



On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 6:26 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> The depth and coherence of P's vision. Iron. Part of a major phrase of
> Weber's deep understanding. Iron cage....and from GR.
>
> "Above him lift girders as old as an iron queen"----page 1.......Iron
> headboard, iron roadstead a hundred pages later......
>
> In sociology, the iron cage is a concept introduced by Max Weber to
> describe the increased rationalization inherent in social life,
> particularly in Western capitalist societies. The "iron cage" thus traps
> individuals in systems based purely on teleological efficiency, rational
> calculation and control.
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 1:02 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Iron would be the metal, but what is the iron roadstead?  It must be the
>> name of a bay or port.
>>
>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadstead
>>
>> A *roadstead* (or roads – the earlier form)[a]
>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadstead#cite_note-3> is a body of
>> water
>> sheltered from rip currents <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_current
>> >,
>> spring tides, or ocean swell where ships
>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship> can lie reasonably safely at
>> anchor
>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor> without dragging or
>> snatching.[3]
>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadstead#cite_note-TM5360-4>[4]
>> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadstead#cite_note-5> It can be open or
>> natural, usually estuary <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary>-based,
>> or may be created artificially.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 10:44 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > V99.36-38, P101.32-35    . . . and he came ashore in a high-prowed
>> wooden
>> > boat that had 20 years earlier brought blue-trousered troops in from the
>> > iron roadstead to crush the great Herero Rising.
>> >
>> > What does the word "iron" indicate here?
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