Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in construcive and operative mechinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary (1917)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York : The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 174
EEL TOWER.— Mill with a single series of blades. The tail-pieceis pivoted to the mill-head, and is swung around toturn the face of the mill from the wind by a governor. 619. MODERN WINDMILL.—Two series of concentric blades fastened to thepurlines of a braced radial frame. Theblades are jEixed at an… … 620. ANCIENT WINDMILL and gear*ing for a two-stone flour mill. The windmillis turned toward the wind by a small wind-mill at right angles on the tail frame, withpinions and shaft connecting with a circularrack around the revolving dome. These mills,used for grinding grain, are the principalsource…
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