Die praktische Mühlen-Baukunst
Full details
| English title | Practical mill construction |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Th. Schäfer, Hannover |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Languages | German (main text) |
| Medium | Facsimile reprint |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 3878706820 |
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| Scope & content | Summary Translation An extremely detailed handbook, , on the construction of both water mills and windmills. The first part describes calculations for designing the various components. The second part is a guide to the construction from the foundations up. The final part of the book describes various other machines: machines for watering fields, norias, Archimedes screws, pile drivers and others. The book is in Gothic script; it is provided with copious tables as calculating aids, and contains 31 unlabelled diagrams at the end. |
Copies held
Accession no. 229674
- Shelf location: A086-BEH
- Donor: Ken Major Collection
- Notes: A facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1789. Published in Gothic script.
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