Windmills and Millwrighting

Klappentext This book provides a concise, yet highly detailed, record of the processes involved in building and maintaining windmills. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1957! this book provides a concise! yet highly detailed! record of the processes involved in building and maintaining windmills. This is a beautifully presented volume that will be of value to anyone with an interest in windmills and agricultural history in general. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates; Preface; 1. Concerning windmill history and inventions; 2. Design and construction of windmills; 3. The mill comes to life; 4. Sails and millstones; 5. Tools and equipment; 6. Building a windmill; 7. The windmill at work; 8. A miller's life; 9. New sails at Brill, and other post-mill repairs; 10. Windmill removals; Glossary and index.

Product details

• Authors: Stanley Freese, Freese Stanley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9781107600133
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60013-3
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items