Windmills, picturesque and historic : the Motors of the past (1919)
Shelton, F. H · [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Lippincott · leaf 23
mills are small; the huge, towering struc- 188 F. H. Shelton. [J. F. I. tiire of the Dutch and English is unknown. But one can findmany of great antiquity, great variety of form and of greatcharm. The type seems to be the true cyhndrical tower—nottapering—with the cone top. In the racetrack at… … Turret post-mill. South of England. (oi the past can be found. Picturesque as they are, however, they:are not yet as much so as even an older and cruder form sug-gesting an old blockhouse. For above the stone first story is anoverhanging wood second story, as so well instanced at St. Briac.And in…
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