Author: Chris Viney

A deathbed confession

This Gem, an article from the 11th January 1899 edition of the Northwestern Miller, describes a hermit miller....

Birth of a millwright

This Apprenticeship Indenture marks the birth of a millwright. This Gem is an indenture between the millwright and engineer Thomas...

The Twilight of the Mills

This article first appeared on our blog in August 2018. The sketch below was drawn by the eccentric and enigmatic...

Gems of the Archive: Planning the Future

With the summer heatwave already fading into a distant memory I have come to the end of my internship. The...

Gems of the Archive: From Flour to Power

Hello, it’s me again. With just one week of my internship left to go, I thought this would be the...

Trading wind

‘Everything changes, everything progresses…’ This Gem is a trade card, a business card for companies which would have been distributed...

Gems of the Archive: Milling with a Bang!

This week I have been looking at Gems with a Bang! Don’t worry, the Mills Archive is still standing… One...

The Wing Major

‘It consists of a windmill, but one totally different in appearance and principle from all windmills known hitherto.’ This is...

A handy mill

Feeding an army in the depths of a Russian winter requires some handy ideas. Handmills like this one were carried...

Gems of the Archive: Milling About

This week Mildred brought in a number of objects for me to look at, which are interesting examples of the...

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