Moinhos e Azenhas de Portugal
- Belongs to the work: Wind and watermills of Portugal
Full details
| English title | Wind and Watermills of Portugal |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Moinhos: Portuguese Association of Friends of Mills |
| Year of publication | 1978 |
| Languages | Portuguese (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Wind & watermills > Other Europe (not GB) > Mediterranean countries & Portugal |
| Tags | |
| Scope & content | This book provides a detailed history and description of the development of milling technology, windmills and watermills in Portugal. Section headings (taken from the English translation): Foreword; A short historical survey; Hand mills and moinholas; Atafona (oxen driven machine); Watermills; Ladle-wheels; Penstocks and shutters; Submersion mills; Tide mills; Vertical wheel watermills; Undershot wheel mills; Overshot vertical wheel mills; Windmills; Tower mills; Windmills with wooden towers; Tower mills of two 'bridges'; Windmills of the Beira Baixa and Alto Alentejo; Revolving mills; Wooden frame work mills; Windmills in the Azores and in Porto Santo; Grinding machinery; Final remarks; Bibliography |
| Bibliographic notes | English translation available |
Copies held
Accession no. 230094
- Shelf location: C113.1-GAL
- Donor: Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Moinhos: Portuguese Association of Friends of Mills (previously the Miguel Correira Collection)
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