The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 63
fore larger, its value 40 THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. is said to be about £7. It needs a certain concentration ofthe population and breadth of farming to bring into existenceeven one of these small structures. They are driven by horizontal wheels, the floats or vanes,which receive the impulse of the… … Fig. 31.—So-called Norse Mill of Shetland. which is generally shod with iron, turns usually in a stonesocket, but sometimes in a socket of iron. The upper mill-stone is fed from a hopper hung from the roof by straw ropes.To the hopper is attached a feeder, which receives a vibratingmotion from a…
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