10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POST MILL»
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post mill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Designed for Dry Feet: Flood Protection and Land Reclamation ...
There were two different types of windmills at that time, the tower mill and the post
mill. Both of these were redesigned to pump water. The tower mill consisted of a
round, hexagonal, or octagonal structure with a rotating cap at the top.
2
Power from Wind: A History of Windmill Technology
It was the friction of these brakes when the miller tried to stop a mill in a storm
which often caused fires and burnt the mill down. In the western vertical windmill
the sails had to be kept facing into the wind and, in effect, created the post mill.
Richard Leslie Hills, 1996
3
Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy
Independently, the post mill arose in England. Unlike the Persian sails, which
follow a carousel's path around a vertical axis, the sails of the traditional
European windmill follow a path around a horizontal axis. The whole assembly of
the post ...
Cutler J. Cleveland, 2009
4
Windmills and Millwrighting
(c) How not to build a post-mill: Upper Arncot Mill, Oxfordshire, in 1945. No
diagonal braces or tie-rods; side-girts mortised to crown-tree; quarter-bars
spliced. Mill stones are on a hurst frame on bottom floor. The mill has since
collapsed.
5
An Encyclopedia of the History of Technology
No storage was available in this early post mill and probably none was needed,
because the mill would certainly have been held by a landlord, such as a manor
or an abbey, and the miller would be an employee or a tenant operating under ...
6
Wind, Water, Work: Ancient And Medieval Milling Technology
Vertical windmills The oldest type of vertical windmill is almost undoubtedly the
European post-mill, the earliest evidence for which appears in the 1180s.
Richard Bennett and John Elton were the first scholars to put forward a well-
documented ...
Crosstrees: the main horizontal timbers of the trestle of a post mill, from which the
quarterbars rise to support the post. Crown wheel: a horizontal-face gear, with its
cogs or teeth usually projecting upwards, from which drives are taken by ...
8
Harvesting the Air: Windmill Pioneers in Twelfth-century England
Two other churches with windmill graffiti are close to the ancient post-mill that still
stands at Bourn in Cambridgeshire. ... may have been erected atop several
predecessors.21 The earliest datable painting of a post-mill was rendered about.
21.
9
Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, 3-Volume Set
William recognized that harnessing the free benefit of wind in a post mill (a four-
bladed mill mounted on a central post) would increase grain production for a
growing population and diminish hard labor of those working by hand. William
the ...
Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones, 2009
10
God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention ...
A post—mill, after an illustration in the Luttrell Psalter, dating from shortly after
Richard of Wallingford's time. Note that the post around which the mill effective, a
mill needed to have the wind blow more or less into its sails. To allow for changes
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POST MILL»
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post mill is used in the context of the following news items.
King's Lynn man 'lucky to attend court' on drugs charges after …
Webb, 23, of Post Mill, Fairstead, Lynn, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing LSD and amphetamine when he appeared in court in the town ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
Listed sites put Bedfordshire on the map
Stevington's windmill is one of the few surviving examples of a post mill. It dates from the late 18th Century. No corn... SHARE PICTURE. «Bedfordshire News, Jul 15»
What's in a name? Windmill Lane
These were the East Grinstead Common Post Mill and the Smock Mill at Cutton's Hill near Ashurst Wood, which was also the home of East ... «East Grinstead Online, Jun 15»
Amateur boxing: Danny Sansom wins best bout of the night
... finish to take the win and a share of the best bout of the night award on South Normanton School of Boxing's show at the Post Mill Centre. «Derby Telegraph, May 15»
Millwright's skills in demand to fix sails
AN 18th century Bedfordshire post mill called on the skills of a Hatton man in 1985. Then, aged 31, Patrick Gormley was dubbed as the last ... «Burton Mail, May 15»
Nutley Windmill open this weekend
Standing in the beautiful Ashdown Forest , Nutley windmill is the last Open Trestle Post Mill in Sussex and one of only five left in the country. «East Grinstead Online, May 15»
"Thank You For Making Me Mayor!" Cllr Barry Bingham Takes Office
28th August saw young carers flocking to the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton for a well-earned Celebration Event, attended by VIP guests ... «Chesterfield Post, May 15»
Welcoming Chesterfield's New Mayor, Cllr Barry Bingham
28th August saw young carers flocking to the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton for a well-earned Celebration Event, attended by VIP guests ... «Chesterfield Post, May 15»
MEMORY LANE: Weybread post mill was one of five, according to …
A mill in Weybread, featured in the Diss Express last Friday, was one of five post mills in the south Norfolk village – according to one resident ... «Diss Express, May 15»
Rare Chance To Visit London's Mills This Weekend
A little tricky to get to without a car, this rarely-open-to-the-public three century old landmark near Bromley is a Grade I listed post mill, and ... «Londonist, May 15»
