| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Wookey Hole: The caves and the mill | Winsor, Diana | Wookey Hole Caves | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills and watermills open to view | West, Jenny | SPAB | 1986 | Book |
| Besichtigung der Deichmühle/Norden | Wagener, Hermann | | 1986 | Book |
| Andrew Pelin's surveying career at Whitehaven, 1688-1705 | Tyson, Blake | | 1986 | Book |
| Taylors of Canterbury: a family story | Taylor, Ruth | Oaten Hill and District Society | 1986 | Book |
| Industry before the Industrial Revolution: north-east Lancashire c. 1500-1640 | Swain, John T | Manchester University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Der Schäl- oder Gerbgang für Spelz | Strakosch, Wolfgang; Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm | self-published | 1986 | Book |
| Kennall gunpowder company, Kennall Vale, Ponsanooth: An archaeological and historical study | Smith, John R | Cornwall trust for nature conservation | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills in Hertfordshire: new edition | Smith, Arthur C | Stevenage Museum | 1986 | Book |
| Die Mühlen im Land Salzburg | Schalk, Eva Maria | Alfred Winter | 1986 | Book |
| History and social influence of the potato | Salaman, Redcliffe | Cambridge University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Norddeutsche Mühlensagen | Rump, Reiner | Otto Heinevetter | 1986 | Book |
| Thomas Telford: the acclaimed biography of the 'father of civil engineering' | Rolt, L T C | Penguin | 1986 | Book |
| Schriftenreihe des Volkskunde- und Freilichtsmuseums Roscheider Hof Konz bei Trier zur Ausstellung | Robischon, Rolf | Selbstverlag des Vereins des Volkskunde- und Freilichtsmuseums Roscheider Hof Konz bei Trier | 1986 | Book |
| Walkmühlen und Tuchfabriken im Rhein-Main-Neckar-Gebiet | Reitz, Heinz | | 1986 | Book |
| Achatschleiferei und Wasserschleifen am Idarbach | Reidenbach, Karl-Theo | Raiffeisenbank Idar-Oberstein | 1986 | Book |
| Faversham's gunpowder industry: and its development | Percival, Arthur J | Faversham Society | 1986 | Book |
| Mountnessing windmill: its history, its restoration, and how it works | Pargeter, Vincent G; Wooding, Ron | Exeter City Council | 1986 | Book |
| 1925-1985 Vereniging "De Zaansche Molen" | Neuhaus, Antoon Frans (Ton) | Europese Bibliotheek | 1986 | Book |
| Baking and bakeries | Muller, H G | Shire | 1986 | Book |
| Die Sprache der Müller und Mühlenbauer in Ostfriesland | Möhn, Dieter | Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich | 1986 | Book |
| Devon's industrial past: a guide | Minchinton, Walter | Dartington Centre for Education and Research | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of Thanet | Mills, C J | Thanet District Council | 1986 | Book |
| Sarehole mill local history information sheet | Meredith, Anna E | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | 1986 | Brochure, leaflet or poster |
| Windmills of Birmingham and the Black Country | McKenna, Joseph | KAF Brewin Books | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of the world: a pictorial history of the multi-sailed wind engine | McCook, William | | 1986 | Book |
| Besichtigung einer Windmühle | Maywald, Bernd | Eulenspiegel, Berlin | 1986 | Book |
| Mühlengespräch mit Mühlengeist Pumphut im Herbst 1986 | Maywald, Bernd | Kulturband der DDR | 1986 | Book |
| John Rennie’s diary of a journey through Northern England 1784 | Matkin, Robert B | East Kent Maritime Trust | 1986 | Book |
| 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 |
| Cotton mills of Bolton 1780-1985: a historical directory | Longworth, James H | Bolton Museum & Art Gallery | 1986 | Book |
| Alternator secrets | Lindsay, T J | Lindsay Publications | 1986 | Book |
| Historische molenvermeldingen in en om Antwerpen | Kockelberg, Georges K | Nieuwe Media Produkties | 1986 | Book |
| A magyar malomipar tortenete | Kirsch, Janos | Mezőgazdasági Kiadó, Budapest, | 1986 | Book |
| Das Schleswig-Holsteinische Freilichtmuseum: Häuser und Hausgeschichten | Kamphausen, Alfred | Karl Wachholtz | 1986 | Book |
| Mills of Great Easton | Hughes, John C | Bringhurst Press | 1986 | Book |
| Cascade and the Bramah wheel | Howes, Lesley; Ward, Jane | | 1986 | Book |
| Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys slate quarry | Holmes, Alan T | Gwynedd Archives Service | 1986 | Book |
| Coniston copper: A history | Holland, Eric G | Cicerone | 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 |
| Bauanleitung für einen Windgenerator | Hofmann, Gunther | Sanfte Energie Technologie | 1986 | Book |
| Muhlen und Muller im Rheiderland: ein Beitrag zur Heimatchronik | Hoek, Rudolf C | H. Risius | 1986 | Book |
| Mühlen und Müller in Berlin: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Produktivkräfte | Herzberg, Heinrich; Rieseberg, Hans-Joachim | VEB Verlag für Bauwesen | 1986 | Book |
| Monuments of industry: an illustrated historical record | Hay, Geoffrey D; Stell, Geoffrey P | Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland | 1986 | Book |
| Windmühlen: Symbole einer Landschaft in Oldenburg, Ostfriesland, im Emsland und Osnabrücker Land | Hashagen, Ingo; Popken, Adolf; Rodiger, Hans-Bernd | Verlag C. L. Mettcker & Söhne | 1986 | Book |
| Als sich noch die Flügel drehten | Hashagen, Ingo | Atelier im Bauernhaus | 1986 | Book |
| Hollandse molens in aquarel | Hartog, Jaap | Muusses | 1986 | Book |
| Ashton windmill, Chapel Allerton, Somerset | Hall, W G | | 1986 | Book |
| Die Bockwindmühle im Westfälischen Freilichtmuseum, Detmold | Grossmann, G Ulrich; Schulte, Ingrid | Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum, Detmold | 1986 | Book |
| Tin mines and miners of Dartmoor: a photographic record | Greeves, Tom | Devon Books | 1986 | Book |
