[314] tereti turbine: a small circular plate of heayy material with a hole through the center somewhat smaller than the thicker part of the long, tapering fusus. Through this the smaller end of the fusus was passed as far as it would go, and the symmetrically distributed weight of the turbo thus gave additional momentum to the whirling spindle. When the thread was spun to a convenient length, its lower part was wound around the fusus, and the process continued as before.
Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.
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