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Book Synopsis The Industrial Windmill in Britain by : Roy Gregory
Download or read book The Industrial Windmill in Britain written by Roy Gregory and published by Phillimore. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windmills have been around in Britain for some eight hundred years, grinding wheat into flour and, in some places, pumping water off low-lying land. These aspects of their story have been ably covered by an extensive literature. Passing mention has been made of other uses of wind power, such as crushing oil seed, sawing timber and grinding snuff, but no detailed consideration has ever been given to these alternative applications of the windmill. This new, thoroughly researched book fills that gap. The author has identified more than twenty 'industrial' uses, from the extraction and processing of raw materials and the manufacture of commodities to land-based facilities for their transport, in a total of 262 windmills. There were more, to which references have been found, particularly in relation to mines and salterns, but specific examples are lacking. In the early 18th century most corn mills were post mills, little changed from the 12th century. By the start of the 19th century, however, the windmill was very different, with tall brick towers, iron gearing and self-regulating devices, and the author shows how the evolution of these improvements resulted from the diverse use of wind power by the industrialists of the day.
Book Synopsis British Windmills and Watermills by : Charles Philip Skilton
Download or read book British Windmills and Watermills written by Charles Philip Skilton and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Power from Wind by : Richard Leslie Hills
Download or read book Power from Wind written by Richard Leslie Hills and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wind is a fickle source of power. Windspeeds are frequently too low to be of any practical use, so that windpower has generally remained a marginal resource. Since the inception of windpower around 1000 AD, technology has been deployed to obtain the most economical power from wind. The author traces its technical evolution, concentrating on the growth in understanding of wind and charting crucial developments in windmill design. The history of the windmill is focused on North Western Europe, drawing on the origins of the first horizontal windmills in Persia, Tibet and China. Industrial applications such as in textiles, papermaking and mining are examined. Gradually, windmills were improved but were finally eclipsed by steam engines in the nineteenth century due to increased levels of industrialisation. The book concludes with a look at the recent re-emergence of windpower as a viable source of power in the wake of the energy crisis.
Book Synopsis The Contribution of the Windmill to the Industrial Revolution by : Roy Gregory
Download or read book The Contribution of the Windmill to the Industrial Revolution written by Roy Gregory and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Windmills in England by : Rex Wailes
Download or read book Windmills in England written by Rex Wailes and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Windmills of England by : R. J. Brown
Download or read book Windmills of England written by R. J. Brown and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1976 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last decade it has been realized that the windmill is an important part of our heritage & through the efforts of many bodies some have now been preserved. This is a history of these mills, their millers and the efforts made to preserve them.
Book Synopsis The Windmills of England by : R. J. De Little
Download or read book The Windmills of England written by R. J. De Little and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, as a boy, Rodney de Little became fascinated by windmills and, with the gift of a camera from a relative, began assembling an unrivalled record of them in black and white photographs. His standing as a leading authority on the history and operation of these mills was recognized on the publication of his book The Windmill - Yesterday and Today in 1972. It was reprinted in 1975 and remains, today, an authoritative work in its field and much sought after in the out-of-print trade. In the last twenty years much has changed. What were seen as mechanical, historical curiosities, lacking any contemporary relevance, are now finding new commercial opportunities and uses as this traditional technology has been successfully married to modern technological advances It is becoming clearer that there is much to be learned from the uses and mechanisms of traditional windmills.
Book Synopsis Windmills and Waterwheels Explained by : Stan Yorke
Download or read book Windmills and Waterwheels Explained written by Stan Yorke and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is amazing to discover that there are well over 400 waterwheels and windmills open to the public in England and Wales. Many of them are in excellent working order and provide a valuable insight into the partnership between man and machine going back, not just to the Industrial Revolution, but to a time of 1,000 years ago or more. Stan Yorke is an engineer and designer with a lifelong interest in early machinery and the industry it powered. He describes the background of both waterwheels and windmills and the crucial part they played in the country's development. In particular, he explains in simple language, without recourse to overly technical terms, how the different machines work. The book is illustrated with photographs from the author, together with numerous line diagrams and drawings by Trevor Yorke. It also includes a list of those open to the public.
Download or read book Windmills in England written by R. Wailes and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England by : Owen Ashmore
Download or read book The Industrial Archaeology of North-west England written by Owen Ashmore and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Windmills written by Richard Leslie Hills and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly informative book contains some 500 black and white photographs of the various types of windmills and describes their main uses; many of the photographs have not been published before. People do not always realise how much of an influence windmills had on the life and productivity in the world prior to steam. Windmills were not just used in corn milling but for land drainage (here and in The Netherlands); in saw mills, mustard milling, papermaking; oil and colour mills, chalk grinding, flax and barley mills: There is a gazetteer of British windmills and some foreign ones, and a comprehensive glossary and bibliography.
Book Synopsis England of the Windmills by : Stuart Petre Brodie Mais
Download or read book England of the Windmills written by Stuart Petre Brodie Mais and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Industrial Archaeology and Industrial History of South-eastern England by :
Download or read book The Industrial Archaeology and Industrial History of South-eastern England written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment by : Audrey Horning
Download or read book A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment written by Audrey Horning and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cultural History of Objects in the Age of Enlightenment covers the period 1600 to 1760, a time marked by the movement of people, ideas and goods. The objects explored in this volume –from scientific instrumentation and Baroque paintings to slave ships and shackles –encapsulate the contradictory impulses of the age. The entwined forces of capitalism and colonialism created new patterns of consumption, facilitated by innovations in maritime transport, new forms of exchange relations, and the exploitation of non-Western peoples and lands. The world of objects in the Enlightenment reveal a Western material culture profoundly shaped by global encounters. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds. Audrey Horning is Professor at William & Mary, USA, and at Queen's University Belfast, UK. Volume 4 in the Cultural History of Objects set. General Editors: Dan Hicks and William Whyte
Download or read book Windmills written by Sally Taylor and published by Todtri Productions. This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 70 illustrations. This authoritatiively written and lavishly illustrated book is a tribute to the traditional windmill, once an integral part of the working environment but nowadays too often neglected and considered an industrial and rural anachronism. Before steam power, windmills, along with waterwheels, were the only means available for drawing water and powering machinery. Their tall towers and billowing sails were a picturesque part of the European landscape, and many remain today to remind us of the past. Here, their full history and the story of their survival is presented, along with 70 full-color photographs and archival illustrations.
Book Synopsis Spirit of Suffolk Windmills by : Chris Herring
Download or read book Spirit of Suffolk Windmills written by Chris Herring and published by Spirit of Britain. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The windmills of Suffolk are among its most iconic landscape features: scattered across the county, they stand as sentinels to a distant industrial past. This book provides a selection of images of windmills that can still be found in Suffolk today.
Book Synopsis An Archaeological History of Britain by : Jonathan Mark Eaton
Download or read book An Archaeological History of Britain written by Jonathan Mark Eaton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Eaton has provided the essential volume for all students of Archaeology, Classical Civilisations and Ancient History by condensing the entire archaeological history of Britain into one accessible volume. ??The Archaeological History of Britain takes us from the earliest prehistoric archaeology right up to the contemporary archaeology of the present day through the use of key sites to illustrate each key time period as well as a narrative of change to accompany the changing archaeological record. The wide range of evidence utilised by archaeologists, such as artefacts, landscape studies, historical sources and genetics are emphasised throughout this chronological journey as are the latest theoretical advances and practical discoveries, making this the most advanced narrative of British archaeology available.
