Power and performance of Roman water-mills: hydro-mechanical analysis of vertical-wheeled water-mills
Full details
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | British Archaeological Reports |
| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Languages | English (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 9781407302171 |
| Topics | Energy & power > Development of technology |
| Tags | |
| Scope & content | Part One: The dynamics of the water-mill and the limitations of evidence and analysis; Hydro-mechanical analysis. Part Two: Sites from France, Italy, Jordan, England, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Roman tide mills and Roman floating mills. Part Three: Mill production; Incidence; Machine efficiency (including table of efficiency); The natural phenomena which tend to accelerate technological evolution; Theories of evolution (including table of types of Roman vertical waterwheels). Appendix One: Gear ratio changing options. Appendix Two: Roman millstone dress. Appendix Three: Terminology (including diagrams). Appendix Four: Ancient sources on rations of flour and bread for slaves, soldiers and plebs. |
Copies held
Accession no. 230217
- Shelf location: F405-SPA
- Donor: Michael Harverson Collection
- Notes: Includes a typed copy of a review of the book submitted to International Molinology and typed copy of the review written by Jeff Hawksley
