‘It consists of a windmill, but one totally different in appearance and principle from all windmills known hitherto.’ This is...
Feeding an army in the depths of a Russian winter requires some handy ideas. Handmills like this one were carried...
These tools of war enabled centuries of explosive bloodshed. This Gem is an adjustable copper measure for gunpowder and shot....
“Those over there are not giants but windmills.” You’ve probably heard the common phrase ’tilting at windmills’, which, as the...
This flour was Hitler’s secret weapon. This Gem is a photograph of two flour bags, which were produced under Government...
“You worked blindly and towards an unknown end; but your end was certain.” This beautiful watercolour is from a collection...
‘By a piece of singular good fortune, no one was killed.’ This book called A Train Errant shines a light on a...
Mills are often used as a symbol of rebirth. This intriguing Gem is a pre-First World War postcard entitled ‘The...
An American frigate lost and found. This sketch of Chesapeake Mill is by John Munnings, the nephew of Sir Alfred...
A lifesaving link between milling and The First World War. These two identical oval plaques once decorated two railway carriages...
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