Publication:

Theatrum machinarum molarium: oder schau-platz der Mühlen-Bau-Kunst

    Full details

    English titleA theatre of millwrighting
    Authors & editors

    Leupold, Jacob [Author]

    Publisher Schäfer
    Year of publication 1982
    Languages

    German (main text)

    Medium Facsimile reprint
    Edition1
    ISBN3887460200
    Topics

    Arts, culture and heritage > Traditional millwrighting

    Tags

    Traditional millwrighting

    Scope & contentSummary Translation

    Detailed instructions for the construction of water mills, floating mills, windmills, animal-powered and treadmills and mobile field mills, followed by chapters on stamping mills and their uses, paper mills, fulling mills, glass polishing mills, boring mills, sawmills, stone cutting mills, threshing mills, chopping mills, perpendicular clocks, pepper and coffee mills.The book is illustrated with diagrams.

    Copies held

    Accession no. 229119

    • Shelf location: A086-LEU
    • Donor: JSP Buckland Collection
    • Notes: Gothic script. Facsimile reprint of 1735 edition published in Leipzig

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