The Old Hook Mill and Other Old English Windmills of East Hampton, Long Island, New York, and Vicinity
Author | : Jeannette Edwards Rattray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : East Hampton (N.Y.) |
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Author | : Jeannette Edwards Rattray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : East Hampton (N.Y.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jeannette Edwards Rattray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : East Hampton (N.Y.) |
ISBN | : |
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.
Author | : Jeannette Edwards Rattray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
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Jeannette Rattray's most important historical works about East Hampton, with essays on whaling, pirates, Montauk shipwrecks, and more.
Author | : Louise Maunsell Field |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Amagansett (N.Y.) |
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Author | : Katalin Harkanyi |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 1990-11-26 |
Genre | : History |
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The years 1760 to 1789 mark the political birth of the United States; simultaneously, an emancipation of American scientific endeavor from the influence of England and Europe was taking place. This is especially evident in the area of natural sciences--the growing frontiers and population of America opened up vast areas to scientific scrutiny. This extensive bibliography commemorates the scholarship that was published in many forms by and about Revolutionary American science from 1760 through the twentieth century. Part one of Katalin Harkanyi's work provides an overview of the natural sciences in the Revolutionary Era. Comprehensive and general sources are listed in the fields of natural history (botany, zoology, agriculture, and geology), natural philosophy (mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, surveying, engineering, and architecture), and medicine (dentistry, pharmacology, and veterinary medicine). Included are journals, documents, biographies, bibliographies, histories, orations, and even travel journals and diaries which create a framework for the study of Revolutionary American science. The second part of this bibliography is devoted to the scientists themselves: the men and women who wrote partial or specific scientific studies. This section of the book shows that these early Americans were capable of remarkable investigations into the natural world, rivaling their European contemporaries. Here are listed the scientists, their extant monographic works, and studies written about them from their age into the twentieth century. Appendices include scientific firsts and special achievements of Revolutionary Americans and a list of scientists arranged by discipline. This book will be a useful guide for historians and scientists, as well as inquiring general readers, who want to know more about the early growth of American science.
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Catalogs, Union |
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