| Title | Contributors | Publisher | Year | BatchDescrip | Medium |
| 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 |
| Molens | | De Hollandsche Molen | 1986 | | Journal |
| Monuments of industry: an illustrated historical record | Hay, Geoffrey D; Stell, Geoffrey P | Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland | 1986 | | Book |
| Moulins à huile 1. Les Moulins de l'Herault. Arts et traditions rurales. Dossier 6. 1986 | | | 1986 | | Book |
| Moulins des Flandres: guide pour la Flandre francaise et la Flandre-Occidentale | Coutant, Yves | Editions S.A.E.P. | 1986 | | Book |
| Mountnessing windmill: its history, its restoration, and how it works | Pargeter, Vincent G; Wooding, Ron | Exeter City Council | 1986 | | Book |
| Moyen Age pour quoi faire? | Delatouche, Raymond; Gimpel, Jean; Pernoud, Regine | Stock | 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 |
| Mühlengespräch mit Mühlengeist Pumphut im Herbst 1986 | Maywald, Bernd | Kulturband der DDR | 1986 | | Book |
| Multi-purpose potential and development of a littoral type wave (or tidal) energy project | | | 1986 | November | Thesis/Report |
| Norddeutsche Mühlensagen | Rump, Reiner | Otto Heinevetter | 1986 | | Book |
| Oost vlaams Molen bestand 1986 | Bauters, Paul | Provincie Oost-Vlanderen | 1986 | | Book |
| Orders of architecture | Stratton, Arthur | Studio Editions | 1986 | | Book |
| Painshill | Collier, Mavis; Lindus Forge, J W | Walton & Weybridge Local History Society | 1986 | | Book |
| Quinze Anys Dels Premis D’Investigació « Ciutat de Palma » (1970-1984) | Carbonero, Antònia | Ajuntament de Palma | 1986 | | Book |
| Räder im Fluss: Die Geschichte der Nürnberger Mühlen (The history of the mills of Nuremberg) | Franzke, Jürgen | Verlag W. Tümmels | 1986 | | Book |
| Reading Abbey Waterfront | Fasham, Peter; Hawkes, John | The Trust for Wessex Archaeology | 1986 | | Book |
| Renewable Energies: Sources, Conversion, Application | Dunn, P D | Peter Peregrinus Ltd | 1986 | | Book |
| Sarehole mill local history information sheet | Meredith, Anna E | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | 1986 | | Brochure, leaflet or poster |
| 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 |
| Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys slate quarry | Holmes, Alan T | Gwynedd Archives Service | 1986 | | Book |
| Small wind energy conversion systems, London 1986 | | British Wind Energy Association | 1986 | May 7 | Symposium Transactions |
| Symposium on Tidal Power | | Institution of Civil Engineers | 1986 | October 30-31 | Symposium Transactions |
| Taylors of Canterbury: a family story | Taylor, Ruth | Oaten Hill and District Society | 1986 | | Book |
| Thomas Telford: the acclaimed biography of the 'father of civil engineering' | Rolt, L T C | Penguin | 1986 | | Book |
| Tidal power form the Severn | | Severn Tidal Power Group | 1986 | | Book |
| Tin mines and miners of Dartmoor: a photographic record | Greeves, Tom | Devon Books | 1986 | | Book |
| Toujours vivants, les moulins: moulins du nord Pas-de-Calais du passe au present | Bruggeman, Jean | Association Regionale des Amis des Moulins Nord - Pas-de-Calais | 1986 | | Book |
| Walkmühlen und Tuchfabriken im Rhein-Main-Neckar-Gebiet | Reitz, Heinz | | 1986 | | Book |
| Watermills: Kent and the borders of Sussex | Fuller, M J; Spain, R J | Kent Archaeological Society | 1986 | | Book |
| Why and where of wheat | | Flour Advisory Bureau | 1986 | | Education pack |
| Wind Energy Conversion; Proceedings of the 1986 Eighth BWEA Wind Energy Workshop | Anderson, Mike; Powles, Simon | Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd. | 1986 | | Symposium Transactions |
| Windmill land: Rambles in a rural, old-fashioned country with chat about its history and romance | Clarke, Allen | George Kelsall | 1986 | | Book |
| Windmills and watermills open to view | West, Jenny | SPAB | 1986 | | Book |
| Windmills in Hertfordshire: new edition | Smith, Arthur C | Stevenage Museum | 1986 | | Book |
| Windmills of Birmingham and the Black Country | McKenna, Joseph | KAF Brewin Books | 1986 | | Book |
| Windmills of Thanet | Mills, C J | Thanet District Council | 1986 | | Book |
| Windmills of the world: a pictorial history of the multi-sailed wind engine | McCook, William | | 1986 | | Book |
| Windmühlen in Holland | Braay, C P | | 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 |
| Wookey Hole: The caves and the mill | Winsor, Diana | Wookey Hole Caves | 1986 | | Book |
