| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| 120 Watt wind generator DIY plans | Hanbury, Peter | The author | 1979 | Book |
| Amoskeag: life and work in an American factory city in New England | Hareven, Tamara K; Langenbach, Randolph | Methuen | 1979 | Book |
| Archival and field survey of McCosh's Mill: West Point Lake, Alabama | Jeane, Gregory | Auburn University | 1979 | Book |
| Association de sauvegarde du Moulin Pelard. bulletin no.3-4-5 | | Association de Sauvegarde du Moulin Pelard | 1979 | Book |
| Bath stone: a quarry history | Brooks, A T; Pearce, A E McR; Perkins, J W | Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University College Cardiff | 1979 | Book |
| Bibbys of Conder mill and their descendants | Bibby, J B | The author | 1979 | Book |
| Bradshaw Works: history of Bradshaw, part 2 | Francis, James J | Turton Local History Society | 1979 | Book |
| Brickmaking: a history and gazetteer | Cox, Alan | Bedfordshire County Council | 1979 | Book |
| Brief history of papermaking | Hills, R L | North Western Museum of Science & Industry | 1979 | Book |
| Clapton mills: Crewkerne, Somerset | | | 1979 | Book |
| Class struggle and the industrial revolution: early industrial capitalism in three English towns | Foster, John | Methuen | 1979 | Book |
| Combine development | | Sperry New Holland | 1979 | Book |
| Cotton mills of Oldham | | Oldham Education & Leisure Services | 1979 | Book |
| Darrieus windturbine system Series B #800101 | | Glenvale Products, Toronto | 1979 | Manuscript/Typescript |
| Das Schicksal der Windmühlen in unserer Landschaft | Suchatzky, Werner | Städtisches Museum Braunschweig | 1979 | Book |
| De Molens van Rotterdam in oude ansichten deel 1 | Bakker, J S | Europese Bibliotheek | 1979 | Book |
| De Vrijheid maalt, 1974-1979 | | Stichting Molen De Vrijheid, Schiedam | 1979 | Book |
| Die letzte Schiffmühle | Winkler, Willy | Landschaftsmuseum der Dübener Heide | 1979 | Book |
| Die Papiermuehlen und Papiermacher des Bergischen Strundertals | Schmitz, Dr Ferdinand | Heider-Verlag, Bergisch Gladback | 1979 | Book |
| Dinorwic pumped storage power station | | Central Electricity Generating Board | 1979 | Book |
| England's vanishing windmills | Shillingford, A E P | Godfrey Cave Associates | 1979 | Book |
| First industrial revolution | Deane, Phyllis | Cambridge University Press | 1979 | Book |
| From watermills to waterworks at Christchurch | Dear, G M | Bournemouth Local Studies Publications | 1979 | Book |
| George Green: Sneinton windmill memorial fund | | Nottingham City Council | 1979 | Education pack |
| Glossary of words and dialect formerly used in the Sheffield trades | Dyson, B Ronald | Sheffield Trades Historical Society | 1979 | Book |
| Grain: Dagon Collection; Archaeological Museum of Grain Handling in Israel | Gonen, Rivka | Shikmona Publishing Company Ltd, Jerusalem | 1979 | Book |
| Guide to Shipley windmill: centenary edition | | West Sussex County Council | 1979 | Book |
| History and industrial civilisation | Buchanan, R A | Macmillan | 1979 | Book |
| History of the Cross-in-Hand windmill: and of the Newnham and Ashdown families | Newnham, C J | East Sussex County Council | 1979 | Book |
| History of the Lewisham silk mills | Macartney, Sylvia; West, John | Lewisham Local History Society | 1979 | Book |
| House Mill. Three Mills Lane London E3: Application for planning permission and listed building consent | | Julian Harrap Architects | 1979 | Book |
| House Mill: Application for planning permission and listed building consent | Harrap, Julian | The author | 1979 | Book |
| How to build a "Cretan Sail" windmill for use in low-speed wind conditions | Mann, R D | Intermediate Technology Publications | 1979 | Book |
| How to make home electricity from wind, water and sunshine | Kuecken, John A | Tab Books | 1979 | Book |
| In en om de Grutterij | Kempers, A J Bernet | Het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum | 1979 | Book |
| In en om de Grutterij | Kempers, A J Bernet | Het Nederlands Openluchtmuseum | 1979 | Book |
| In Pitstone Green there is a farm | Davis, Jean; Farnell, Mary | Pitstone Local History Society | 1979 | Book |
| In the Public Interest | Shorland-Ball, Rob | TIMS | 1979 | Article |
| Industrial archaeology in the British Isles | Butt, John; Donnachie, Ian | Paul Elek | 1979 | Book |
| Industrial archaeology in the Isle of Wight | Insole, Allan; Parker, Alan | Isle of Wight County Council | 1979 | Book |
| Industrial archaeology of the Lower Arrow Valley, Warwickshire: a gazetteer | Churchley, Richard A; Johnson, Cyril J; Saville, G Edward | Alcester and District Local History Society | 1979 | Book |
| Introduction to West Blatchington windmill | | Borough of Hove | 1979 | Book |
| John Webb's windmill: Thaxted | Arman, Mark | Thaxted Windmill Restoration Fund | 1979 | Book |
| Kijk op Molens | Balk, J Th | Elsevier | 1979 | Book |
| King's Mill on the Humber 1793-1803: Toronto's First Industrial Building | Benn, Carl | Etobicoke Historical Society | 1979 | Book |
| Langstone: a mill in a million, a narrative and pictorial account of an artist's home ... | Joicey, Richard | Ian Harrap | 1979 | Book |
| Leonardo da Vinci: drawings of textile machines | Ponting, Kenneth G | Moonraker Press | 1979 | Book |
| Les Moulins: les moulins à vent; les moulins à eau | Orsatelli, Jean | Jeanne Lafitte | 1979 | Book |
| Living on the land: rural life in the Welwyn-Hatfield area from prehistoric times to the present | Agate, Susan | Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service | 1979 | Book |
| Maize, the wheat and the rye: a nostalgic look at Essex windmills | Gifford, P R; Pargeter, Vincent G | Essex County Library | 1979 | Book |
