| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Wookey Hole: The caves and the mill | Winsor, Diana | Wookey Hole Caves | 1986 | Book |
| Die Bockwindmühle im Westfälischen Freilichtmuseum, Detmold | Grossmann, G Ulrich; Schulte, Ingrid | Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum, Detmold | 1986 | Book |
| Mill green mill resource pack | | Welwyn Hatfield Council | 1986 | Education pack |
| Painshill | Collier, Mavis; Lindus Forge, J W | Walton & Weybridge Local History Society | 1986 | Book |
| Räder im Fluss: Die Geschichte der Nürnberger Mühlen (The history of the mills of Nuremberg) | Franzke, Jürgen | Verlag W. Tümmels | 1986 | Book |
| Die Sprache der Müller und Mühlenbauer in Ostfriesland | Möhn, Dieter | Verlag Ostfriesische Landschaft, Aurich | 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 |
| Mühlen und Müller in Berlin: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Produktivkräfte | Herzberg, Heinrich; Rieseberg, Hans-Joachim | VEB Verlag für Bauwesen | 1986 | Book |
| Transactions of the Sixth symposium of The International Molinological Society | | TIMS | 1986 | Symposium Transactions |
| From wind to power | Gray, L G | The author | 1986 | Book |
| Miscellany of milling | Bean, David J | The author | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of Thanet | Mills, C J | Thanet District Council | 1986 | Book |
| Moyen Age pour quoi faire? | | Stock | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills in Hertfordshire: new edition | Smith, Arthur C | Stevenage Museum | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills and watermills open to view | | SPAB | 1986 | Book |
| Gunpowder industry | Crocker, Glenys | Shire | 1986 | Book |
| Baking and bakeries | Muller, H G | Shire | 1986 | Book |
| Der Schäl- oder Gerbgang für Spelz | Strakosch, Wolfgang; Weber, Friedrich Wilhelm | self-published | 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 |
| Bauanleitung für einen Windgenerator | Hofmann, Gunther | Sanfte Energie Technologie | 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 |
| Monuments of industry: an illustrated historical record | Hay, Geoffrey D; Stell, Geoffrey P | Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland | 1986 | Book |
| In the wake of King cotton | Davies, John; Powell, Rob | Rochdale Art Gallery | 1986 | Book |
| Achatschleiferei und Wasserschleifen am Idarbach | Reidenbach, Karl-Theo | Raiffeisenbank Idar-Oberstein | 1986 | Book |
| Mill life at Styal | | Quarry Bank Mill Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Oost vlaams Molen bestand 1986 | Bauters, Paul | Provincie Oost-Vlanderen | 1986 | Book |
| Thomas Telford: the acclaimed biography of the 'father of civil engineering' | Rolt, L T C | Penguin | 1986 | Book |
| Norddeutsche Mühlensagen | Rump, Reiner | Otto Heinevetter | 1986 | Book |
| Taylors of Canterbury: a family story | Taylor, Ruth | Oaten Hill and District Society | 1986 | Book |
| Mill engine preservation: 20 years work of the Northern Mill Engine Society | | Northern Mill Engine Society | 1986 | Book |
| Historische molenvermeldingen in en om Antwerpen | Kockelberg, Georges K | Nieuwe Media Produkties | 1986 | Book |
| Bourne mill | | National 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 |
| Hollandse molens in aquarel | Hartog, Jaap | Muusses | 1986 | Book |
| Industry before the Industrial Revolution: north-east Lancashire c. 1500-1640 | Swain, John T | Manchester University Press | 1986 | Book |
| Alternator secrets | Lindsay, T J | Lindsay Publications | 1986 | Book |
| Lincolnshire windmills: a contemporary survey | Dolman, Peter C J | Lincolnshire County Council | 1986 | Book |
| Mühlengespräch mit Mühlengeist Pumphut im Herbst 1986 | Maywald, Bernd | Kulturband der DDR | 1986 | Book |
| Watermills: Kent and the borders of Sussex | Fuller, M J; Spain, R J | Kent Archaeological Society | 1986 | Book |
| Das Schleswig-Holsteinische Freilichtmuseum: Häuser und Hausgeschichten | Kamphausen, Alfred | Karl Wachholtz | 1986 | Book |
| Windmills of Birmingham and the Black Country | McKenna, Joseph | KAF Brewin Books | 1986 | Book |
| Henry Simon catalogue | | Henry Simon | 1986 | Book |
| Muhlen und Muller im Rheiderland: ein Beitrag zur Heimatchronik | Hoek, Rudolf C | H. Risius | 1986 | Book |
| Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys slate quarry | Holmes, Alan T | Gwynedd Archives Service | 1986 | Book |
| Godalming water turbine | Crocker, Glenys | Godalming Water Turbine Trust | 1986 | Book |
| Windmill land: Rambles in a rural, old-fashioned country with chat about its history and romance | Clarke, Allen | George Kelsall | 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 |
| The why and where of wheat | | Flour Advisory Bureau | 1986 | Education pack |
| 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 |
