| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | Medium |
| Molens in Noord-Holland: inventarisatie van het Noordhollands molenbezit ['inventory of the mills of North Holland] | Calisch, A; Colenbrander, B W; de Koning, A J; Groot, Peter; Keunen, G H; Kölker, A J; Mulder, W; Schilstra, J J; van den Hoek Ostende, J H | Meier Pers/Ideeboek BV | 1981 | Book |
| Molens: een eerste kennismaking met een boeiend fenomeen | Woudt, Klaas | Uitgeverij Bekking | 1981 | Book |
| Moulin à vent et son vieux meunier. | Freinet, C | I'I.C.E.M. Pédagogie Freinet | 1981 | Book |
| Mouse trouble | Blake, Quentin; Yeoman, John | Picture Puffins | 1981 | Book |
| Muinos de Mares da Ria de Arousa | Bas Lopez, Maria Begona | Brigantium Bol Museo Arqu Hist Coruna | 1981 | Offprint/Journal Supplement |
| Nutritional aspects of bread and flour: Report of Panel on Bread Flour & Cereal Products | | HMSO | 1981 | Book |
| Ontwerp richtlijnen voor het vervaardigen van stalen molenroeden | | Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg | 1981 | Book |
| Onze molens mulderversjes | Terlouw, Piet; Van der Pol, Dick | Zomer und Keuning Boeken | 1981 | Book |
| Pakenham watermill, Suffolk: guide | Hullcoop, Chris | Suffolk Preservation Society | 1981 | Brochure, leaflet or poster |
| Querns, millstones and grindstones made in Hathersage and district | Tomlinson, Tom D | Hathersage Parochial Church Council | 1981 | Book |
| Scottish Country Miller 1700-1900: History of water-powered meal milling in Scotland | Gauldie, Enid | John Donald Publishers Ltd | 1981 | Book |
| Selected Papers of Boulton and Watt; The Engine Partnership, 1775–1825 | Tann, Jennifer | MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass | 1981 | Book |
| Short history of Burton Mill, Petworth: its restoration and workings | Author unknown, | | 1981 | Book |
| Snettisham watermill | Luck, R G; Nott, A J; Nott, R E | National Trust | 1981 | Book |
| Sonning mill: a brief historical and technical survey | Smith, S G R | The author | 1981 | Book |
| Stenen Poldermolens in Rijnland: Bijdrage tot de kennis van de windwatermolens in het hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland | Caarten, A Bicker | Europese Bibliotheek | 1981 | Book |
| Theoretisch en Practisch Molenboek: voor ingenieurs, aannemers, molenmakers, en verdere bouwkundigen [for engineers, contractors, mill makers, and other construction engineers] | Krook, G | 'S Gravenhage bij De Erven Doorman | 1981 | Facsimile reprint |
| Turbine water-wheel tests and power tables | Horton, Robert E | K.W. Inc. | 1981 | Book |
| Updated 1980-1981 wind energy directory | | Wind Power Digest | 1981 | Offprint/Journal Supplement |
| Village of Staple Cross 1911 - 1981 | Peirce, Eunice I | The author | 1981 | Book |
| Wassermühlen: illustrated with 167 photographs of watermills in the German landscape | Braunburg, Annemarie; Braunburg, Rudolf | Schneekluth | 1981 | Book |
| Wheels within wheels: the story of Yorkshire's mills | Levon, Mike | BBC Radio & John Taylor Teachers Centre | 1981 | Book |
| Wicklewood windmill | Apling, Harry; Shaw, J M | Norfolk Windmills Trust | 1981 | Book |
| Wind energy primer: wind power for farms, homes and industry | Park, Jack; Schwind, Dick | Wind Power Digest | 1981 | Article |
| Wind Power Book | Park, Jack; Redford, Robert | Cheshire Books, Palto Alto, California | 1981 | Book |
| Wind Power for the Homeowner: Guide to selecting, siting, and installing an electricity-generating wind power system | Marier, Donald | Rodale Press | 1981 | Book |
| Wind power: a turning point | | Worldwatch Institute | 1981 | Book |
| Windenergie in praktischer Nutzung: Räder, Rotoren, Mühlen, Windkraftwerke | von König, Felix | Udo Pfriemer Verlag | 1981 | Book |
| Windkracht: windwijzer voor schone energie: van poldermolen tot windturbine | Moorman, Bernard | Futile | 1981 | Book |
| Windmills and watermills open to view | West, Jenny | SPAB | 1981 | Book |
| Windmills of Leicestershire and Rutland | Long, Anne; Moon, Nigel | Sycamore Press | 1981 | Book |
| Windmühlen am Niederrhein | Kress, Hans Ulrich; Wenzel, Harald | Steiger Verlag | 1981 | Book |
| Windmühlen in Deutschland, Holland, Belgien: Energiespender und ästhetische Architektur: Mit einem Beitrag von Michael Himmel über moderne Perspektiven zur Nutzung der Windenergie | Frode, Edelgard; Frode, Wolfgang | DuMont Buchverlag | 1981 | Book |
