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To further my confusion on this point, I notice that the Wikipedia article on Pliny's Naturalis Historia mentions: 'Some technical advances he discusses are the
by addaon 6y ago
To further my confusion on this point, I notice that the Wikipedia article on Pliny's Naturalis Historia mentions: 'Some technical advances he discusses are the only sources for those inventions, such as hushing in mining technology or the use of water mills for crushing or grinding corn.'
- m-i-l 6y agoCorn is any cereal grain used for food, e.g. wheat, rye or even (in parts of Scotland) oats, not specifically maize (aka corn on the cob).
- addaon 6y agoThanks to both you and coddingtonbear for the clarification. I updated the English and Simple English Wikipedia pages to refer to "grain" instead of "corn."