Windmills, picturesque and historic : the Motors of the past / by F.H. Shelton (1919)
Shelton, F. H · [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Lippincott · leaf 25
Crude forms of tower grist mills; vicinity of Buda-Pesth, Hungary. 92 F. H. Shelton. [J. F. I. Mediterranean, we find primitive construction, crude devices andeven the clay water bottles, or jars, bound to a cumbrous wheel,slowly turning over by wind power, for lifting water for irriga-tion,… … Mid-European type of post mill. Belgium. of the faithful Sancho Panzo, charged at full speed a flock ofwindmills on the plains of Montiel. The crude structures of Greece and Turkey, already men-tioned, are so crude that often no device is provided for turningto the wind, but, on the contrary, four…
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