Windmills and Watermills of Suffolk

Windmills and Watermills of Suffolk
Author: John Ling
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1445664348

Explore a fascinating illustrated in-depth study of Suffolk's windmills and watermills, past and present.

Windmills of Norfolk

Windmills of Norfolk
Author: John Ling
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2015-10-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1445653788

A fascinating and in-depth study of of Norfolk's windmills, past and present.

Wind, Water, Work

Wind, Water, Work
Author: Adam Lucas
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004146490

This book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods.Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed.The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology."

Atlas of Industrializing Britain, 1780-1914

Atlas of Industrializing Britain, 1780-1914
Author: John Langton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135836450

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Windmills and Water Mills of Long Island

Windmills and Water Mills of Long Island
Author: Anne Frances Pulling
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738502885

Windmills and water mills are truly the wonders of an earlier era, the wooden technology of yesteryear. To us, they may be graceful and charming relics. To the colonists, however, they were a vital necessity. Colonial craftsmen constructed them to mill grain, saw wood, pump water, and do various other jobs. Furthermore, the mill was the gathering place for the villagers. While they waited for their grain to be milled, the villagers exchanged news and gossip and stories. Millers were well respected not only for their mill's output but also for their own weather forecasts, knowledge of engines and machines, and, of course, up-to-date news. Long Island is an ideal place for catching the steady wind from the ocean and bays: 125 miles long, narrow--only 20 miles across at its widest, and relatively flat. Thus, many windmills were built here and still exist here, particularly at the island's east end. As a matter of fact, the south fork of eastern Long Island contains the greatest number of surviving windmills in the United States. Before 1700, Long Island also had many water mills, some of them powered by the tide.

The Pilgrimage of the Soul

The Pilgrimage of the Soul
Author: Guillaume (de Deguileville)
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN: 9780866985246

Guillaume de Deguileville, an important but unjustly neglected poet of the later Middle Ages, receives here a lucid, controlled, and eminently readable translation of the second volume of his widely-circulated Le Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine. Especially welcome as an excellent example of medieval dream allergory, this work offers first rate poetry with an insight into medieval mental structures, including theology and monastic life. The clarity and accessibility of the translation, together with the detailed and accurate introduction, notes, and bibliography, make this an appropriate text for scholars as well as students and an original and welcome contribution to medieval studies.

British Water-mills

British Water-mills
Author: Leslie Syson
Publisher: [London] : B. T. Batsford
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1965
Genre: Water mills
ISBN: