Fairbairn, William, Sir, 1789-1874 · London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 136
al wheels to meet the demand ofadditional work. On these occasions every pair of millstonesand every pair of fulling stocks had their separate water-wheels,and these were multiplied according to the demands or neces-sities of the trade. Fig. 247 represents a plan of the wheels. ox MILLS OF ANCIENT… … .-V Most of the mills in this country and in other parts of Europe,were of this description up to the middle of the last century;and it was during the days of Smeaton that mills began toassume a better system of classification, and that concentrationof machinery and power, which ultimately led to…
Mills and mill-work · Machinery
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