| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| 1925-1985 Vereniging "De Zaansche Molen" | Neuhaus, Antoon Frans (Ton) | Europese Bibliotheek | 1986 | Book |
| A magyar malomipar tortenete | Kirsch, Janos | Mezőgazdasági Kiadó, Budapest, | 1986 | Book |
| Achatschleiferei und Wasserschleifen am Idarbach | Reidenbach, Karl-Theo | Raiffeisenbank Idar-Oberstein | 1986 | Book |
| Als sich noch die Flügel drehten | Hashagen, Ingo | Atelier im Bauernhaus | 1986 | Book |
| Alternator secrets | Lindsay, T J | Lindsay Publications | 1986 | Book |
| Andrew Pelin's surveying career at Whitehaven, 1688-1705 | Tyson, Blake | | 1986 | Book |
| Ashton windmill, Chapel Allerton, Somerset | Hall, W G | | 1986 | Book |
| Baking and bakeries | Muller, H G | Shire | 1986 | Book |
| Bauanleitung für einen Windgenerator | Hofmann, Gunther | Sanfte Energie Technologie | 1986 | Book |
| Besichtigung der Deichmühle/Norden | Wagener, Hermann | | 1986 | Book |
| Besichtigung einer Windmühle | Maywald, Bernd | Eulenspiegel, Berlin | 1986 | Book |
| Bobbingwort or Bovinger, call it what you will | | | 1986 | Book |
| Bourne mill | | National Trust | 1986 | Brochure, leaflet or poster |
| Cascade and the Bramah wheel | Howes, Lesley; Ward, Jane | | 1986 | Book |
| Chemistry and physics of baking: materials, processes, and products | Blanshard, J M V; Frazier, P J; Galliard, T | Royal Society of Chemistry | 1986 | Book |
| Coniston copper mines: a field guide to the mines in the copper ore field at Coniston in the English lake district | Holland, Eric G | Cicerone | 1986 | Book |
| Coniston copper: A history | Holland, Eric G | Cicerone | 1986 | Book |
| Cotton mills of Bolton 1780-1985: a historical directory | Longworth, James H | Bolton Museum & Art Gallery | 1986 | Book |
| Das Schleswig-Holsteinische Freilichtmuseum: Häuser und Hausgeschichten | Kamphausen, Alfred | Karl Wachholtz | 1986 | Book |
| Der Schäl- oder Gerbgang für Spelz | Strakosch, Wolfgang; Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm | self-published | 1986 | Book |
| Devon's industrial past: a guide | Minchinton, Walter | Dartington Centre for Education and Research | 1986 | Book |
| Die Bockwindmühle im Westfälischen Freilichtmuseum, Detmold | Grossmann, G Ulrich; Schulte, Ingrid | Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum, Detmold | 1986 | Book |
| Die Mühlen im Land Salzburg | Schalk, Eva Maria | Alfred Winter | 1986 | Book |
| Die Sprache der Müller und Mühlenbauer in Ostfriesland | Möhn, Dieter | Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich | 1986 | Book |
| Effects of gluten and fungal alpha-amylase on CBP bread crumb properties: project no. 85.3.2 | Cauvain, S P; Mitchell, Tracey J | Flour Milling & Baking Research Asscociation | 1986 | Journal |
| Engines of change: an exhibition on the American industrial revolution at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution | Lubar, Steven | National Museum of American History | 1986 | Book |
| Faversham's gunpowder industry: and its development | Percival, Arthur J | Faversham Society | 1986 | Book |
| From wind to power | Gray, L G | The author | 1986 | Book |
| Godalming water turbine | Crocker, Glenys | Godalming Water Turbine Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Guide to the industrial archaeology of the East Midlands: parts of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | Association for Industrial Archaeology and Leicestershire Industrial History Society | 1986 | Book |
| Gunpowder industry | Crocker, Glenys | Shire | 1986 | Book |
| Hampshire Mills Group Newsletter - to 2013 | | Hampshire Mills Group | 1986 | Newsletters |
| Henry Simon catalogue | | Henry Simon | 1986 | Book |
| Historische molenvermeldingen in en om Antwerpen | Kockelberg, Georges K | Nieuwe Media Produkties | 1986 | Book |
| History and social influence of the potato | Salaman, Redcliffe | Cambridge University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Hollandse molens in aquarel | Hartog, Jaap | Muusses | 1986 | Book |
| In the wake of King cotton | Davies, John; Powell, Rob | Rochdale Art Gallery | 1986 | Book |
| Industry before the Industrial Revolution: north-east Lancashire c. 1500-1640 | Swain, John T | Manchester University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Islamic technology: an illustrated history | al-Hassan, Ahmad Y; Hill, Donald R | Cambridge University Press | 1986 | Book |
| John Rennie’s diary of a journey through Northern England 1784 | Matkin, Robert B | East Kent Maritime Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Kennall gunpowder company, Kennall Vale, Ponsanooth: An archaeological and historical study | Smith, John R | Cornwall trust for nature conservation | 1986 | Book |
| L'Oleiculture antique en Provence: les huileries du departement du Var | Brun, Jean-Pierre | Editions du CNRS | 1986 | Book |
| Last miller: David Williams of Pentre Mill, Loggerheads | Davies, J Idris | Clwyd County Council | 1986 | Book |
| Les vieux moulins du Pays de Vaud et d'ailleurs | Delacretaz, Pierre | Delplast | 1986 | Book |
| Lincolnshire windmills: a contemporary survey | Dolman, Peter C J | Lincolnshire County Council | 1986 | Book |
| Mill engine preservation: 20 years work of the Northern Mill Engine Society | | Northern Mill Engine Society | 1986 | Book |
| Mill green mill resource pack | | Welwyn Hatfield Council | 1986 | Education pack |
| Mill life at Styal | | Quarry Bank Mill Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Mills of Great Easton | Hughes, John C | Bringhurst Press | 1986 | Book |
| Miscellany of milling | Bean, David J | The author | 1986 | Book |
