History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2020 History
The earliest mention of the use of the belt drive for powering gem-cutting comes from which of the following travellers' accounts?
APeter Mundy and Manrique
BBernier and Manucci
CTavernier and Fryer ✓ Correct
DMaster Streynsham and Georges Roques
Correct answer: (C) Tavernier and Fryer — The accounts are those of Tavernier and Fryer, so the answer is Tavernier and Fryer.
Explanation
★The accounts are those of Tavernier and Fryer, so the answer is Tavernier and Fryer.
★Tavernier and Fryer mentioned the use of belt drives for powering gem-cutting.
★Fryer was an English doctor and traveller.
★He published his account, A New Account of East India and Persia in Eight Letters, in 1698.
★Tavernier was a French explorer and merchant and the first European to describe the diamond mines of India.
★So the earliest mention of the belt drive for gem-cutting comes from Tavernier and Fryer.
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