The English windmill. / With drawings by Vincent Lines
by Wailes, Rex
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Routledge & Paul, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 246 pages illustrations 26 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plates and sections. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Saxtead Green Mill -- The post mill -- Cranbrook Mill -- The smock mill -- Sibsey Mill -- The tower mill -- Ashtree Farm and the drainage mills -- Miscellaneous mills -- The sails -- Winding the mill -- Caps -- Windshafts -- Brake wheels, brakes and wallowers -- The final drive to the stones -- Stones, bell alarms and tentering -- Sack hoists, machines and industrial uses -- Origins and customs -- Windmills in war -- The miller -- Removals -- Millwrights -- Decline. Subjects; Windmills. Mills and mill-work England. Milling machinery. Suffolk (England) Buildings, structures, etc. Framlingham (England) History. Kent (England) Buildings, structures, etc. Cranbrook (Kent, England) History. Lincolnshire (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 397204
- Title
- The English windmill. / With drawings by Vincent Lines
- Author
- Wailes, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London : Routledge & Paul
- Date Published
- 1954
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