| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Animal-powered engines | Major, J Kenneth | Batsford | 1978 | Book |
| Archaeology in the Peak National Park | Barker, Graeme; Hodges, Richard | Peak National Park | 1978 | Book |
| Archives and local history | Emmison, F G | Phillimore | 1978 | Book |
| Association de sauvegarde du moulin Pelard bulletin no. 2 | | Association de Sauvegarde du Moulin Pelard | 1978 | Book |
| Avoncroft museum of buildings | Downie, Graham | Avoncroft Museum of Buildings | 1978 | Book |
| Bilddokumente römischer Technik | Kretschmer, Fritz | VDI-Verlag | 1978 | Book |
| Bogen om vindmøller | Bugge, Jacob A Chr | Clausen Bøger | 1978 | Book |
| Bridge Hall mills: three centuries of paper and cellulose film manufacture | Tillmanns, Martin | Transparent Paper Ltd | 1978 | Book |
| Chimney mill: Newcastle upon Tyne | | Stephen Falconer Partnership | 1978 | Book |
| Cibinium:studien und miteilungen aus dem Hermannstadter Freilichtmuseum der Baurlichen Technik | | Muzeul Brukenthal Sibiu | 1978 | Book |
| Controlling insect pests in flour mills | Hill, Edward G | HMSO | 1978 | Book |
| Cornish Explosives | Earl, M.Sc, Bryan | The Trevithick Society | 1978 | Book |
| Cromford Canal Company, 1789-1852 | Walker, J W | Cromford Canal Society | 1978 | Book |
| Dartmoor Mines: (the) mines of the granite mass | Atkinson, Michael; Burt, Roger; Waite, Peter | Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group | 1978 | Book |
| De Rat: Een houtzaagmolen herrees | Van der Molen, S J | Gemeente IJlst | 1978 | Book |
| Decouvrez nos moulins: avec l'Association Régionale des Amis des Moulins Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Bruggeman, Jean | l'Association Régionale des Amis des Moulins Nord-Pas-de-Calais | 1978 | Book |
| Delftse windmolen van de 13e eeuw tot heden | Boekwijt, Harry; van Olst, Ellen | Rodopi | 1978 | Book |
| Domesday book: Derbyshire, 27 | Morgan, Philip; Morris, John | Phillimore | 1978 | Facsimile reprint |
| Drainage windmills of the Norfolk marshes: a contemporary survey | Smith, Arthur C | Stevenage Museum | 1978 | Book |
| Eastern Washington's vanished grist mills: and the men who ran them | Sherfey, Florence E | Ye Galleon Press | 1978 | Book |
| English postmill | Brustad, V E | Oxford School of Architecture | 1978 | Book |
| Flint: the versatile stone | Mason, H J | Providence Press | 1978 | Book |
| Frans Derk Pigeaud 1892-1978 Obituary - Vol 49 p173 | | Newcomen Society | 1978 | Article |
| Fundamentals of wind energy | Chereminisoff, Nicholas P | Ann Arbor Science | 1978 | Book |
| Grist mills of early America and today: together with recipes using their products... | Smith, Elmer L | Applied Arts Publishers | 1978 | Book |
| Guide to the industrial heritage of Merseyside | Chitty, Michael; Rees, Paul | North Western Society for Industrial Archaeology and History | 1978 | Book |
| Harnessing the wind for home energy | McGuigan, Dermot | Garden Way Publishing | 1978 | Book |
| Henry Simon 1878-1978 centenary: a centenary of service to the milling industry | | Henry Simon | 1978 | Book |
| History of Chesterton and Kingston: Warwickshire | Noden, Dorothy A | The author | 1978 | Book |
| History of technology Vol. VI: The Twentieth Century, c.1900 to c.1950 Part 1 | Williams, Trevor I | Clarendon Press | 1978 | Book |
| History of technology Vol. VII: The Twentieth Century, c.1900 to c.1950 Part 2 | Williams, Trevor I | Clarendon Press | 1978 | Book |
| Hungarian mill | Takats, S | TIMS | 1978 | Book |
| I bought a windmill | Adair, Elizabeth | Aberdeen University Press | 1978 | Book |
| Industrial archaeology: a new look at the American heritage | Sande, Theodore Anton | Penguin | 1978 | Book |
| Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci | Gibbs-Smith, Charles | Phaidon | 1978 | Book |
| Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci | Gibbs-Smith, Charles | Phaidon | 1978 | Book |
| Josephine mill and its owners | Walton, James | The author | 1978 | Book |
| Komaromi mestersegek | Kecskes, Laszlo | Madach | 1978 | Book |
| Large wind turbine generators | Donovan, R M; Thomas, Ronald L | Department of Energy (USA) | 1978 | Book |
| Les Moulins; Publication semestrielle de la Federation Francais des Amis des Moulins | | FFAM | 1978 | Journal |
| Lost windmills of Retford | Biggs, B J | Eaton Hall College of Education | 1978 | Book |
| Ludowe urzadzenia energetyczne i mechaniczne o Napedzie wodnym na Podhalu | Jost, Henryk | Polski Akademia Nauk | 1978 | Book |
| Mechanix Illustrated budget windcharger | | CBS Publications, USA | 1978 | Book |
| Mill on the Soar: a personal and company narrative | Ellis, Sheila | Published Privately | 1978 | Book |
| Miller's tale: A history of J. Bibby & Sons Ltd, Liverpool | Bibby, C L; Bibby, J B | J. Bibby & Sons | 1978 | Book |
| Mills and millwrighting | Vince, John | Shire | 1978 | Book |
| Mills of the Ock | | Wantage Industrial Archaeology Group | 1978 | Book |
| Moinhos e Azenhas de Portugal | Galhano, Fernando | Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Moinhos: Portuguese Association of Friends of Mills | 1978 | Book |
| Molens in de Zaanstreek in oude ansichten deel 2 | Neuhaus, Antoon Frans (Ton) | Europese Bibliotheek | 1978 | Book |
| Mounton valley paper mills: near Chepstow | Waters, Ivor | The author | 1978 | Book |
